Steal the Vote: Protecting democracy with States United CEO Joanna Lydgate

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

As today’s guest, CEO of the States United Democracy Center and States United Action, Joanna Lydgate says, “The battle for democracy begins before a single ballot is cast and continues long after the polls close on election day.” We keep repeating it, but the truth is, the American election system itself is under attack. There are anti-democratic forces working hard across the country not to win elections, but to limit the vote. To interfere with election administration and officials, and to spread lies and chaos around voting. It’s a tactic, and it works. Join the conversation so you can not only understand what’s happening, but so you’re able to fight back. As always, if you find worth in what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free, along with a bunch of other perks, like the rants directly to your inbox and the knowledge that you’re making this kind of highly researched, factual information possible. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thank you so much! xoPG Guest social: https://statesuniteddemocracy.org/ https://electiondeniers.org/ https://statesuniteddemocracy.org/our-team/joanna-lydgate/ Twitter: @JLydgate @statesunited @SUAction As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl This episode is sponsored by… https://rocketmoney.com/politicsgirl https://smalls.com/politicsgirl https://marleyspoon.com/offer/politicsgirl https://3dayblinds.com/politicsgirl

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0:00.0	I am certain we will see calls for recounts and you know calls for review by judges of results and all of the things that you know we saw a preview of in 2020 I think this time it may be even more intense and all of that is going to just be sort of noise it's going to all just be chaos creation to try to cast enough doubt for there to be
0:27.2	potential kind of shenanigans. Hello and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.
0:45.0	Well, the political news is changing every day, which is why I am really pleased to
0:49.5	introduce you to today's guest, Joanna Lydgate, who is the President and CEO of the States United Democracy
0:55.1	Center and States United Action, one of the country's foremost leaders in the pro-democracy
1:00.6	free and fair election space. The goal of States United is to out all election
1:05.4	deniers in Congress and those running for office again this year to do everything
1:09.7	they can to support our election infrastructure and our faith in the election apparatus.
1:14.3	Joanna and our team do everything from providing pro bono legal counsel to research and
1:19.1	polling to partnering with law enforcement to respond to the threats around our elections to tracking and
1:24.1	analyzing anti-democracy trends.
1:26.4	I'm having her on today so she can explain to us why it is essential to be watching
1:31.0	and working for our faith in the system and protecting our vote,
1:34.3	especially at this chaotic time, as well as the importance of paying attention to
1:38.9	election deniers who are still out there. As a side note, Joanna also happens to be the partner of Massachusetts
1:44.8	Governor Morahili, making her the first, first partner of Massachusetts. Love it!
1:50.3	So without further ado, please welcome my guest, fierce defender of Democracy and Civil Liberties,
1:55.2	President and CEO of the States United Democracy Center, and States United Action, Joanna Lydgate.
2:01.0	Welcome, Joanna.
2:02.0	Thanks for having me.
2:04.0	Well, thanks for joining me and thanks for doing all the work that you do.
2:07.0	As you say it states united, the battle for democracy begins before a single ballot is cast and continues long after the polls
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