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By the way, here's a tiny little addendum to that Washington Post conversation we just had with Bob Woodward, listener texts.

In my opinion, people shouldn't be canceling their Washington Post subscriptions.

They should cancel their Amazon subscriptions and stop doing business with Amazon to really send a

message to Bezos. So interesting thought from a listener that I thought I would pass along,

making that distinction. And now a practical guide to voting in New York and New Jersey for those

of you who haven't done it yet. And we'll take stories from those of you who have with

tips to make sure your

vote gets registered properly. We know that sometimes over the years voters have had to contend

with long lines, confusing instructions, last minute polling place, changes, things like that.

So we'll let you know now what to do if you run into any of those issues and also just

go over some of what's on the ballot to know to vote for one thing or another.

And there are still some things to know about mail-in ballots and the remaining days of early

voting as well as Election Day itself.

So joining us now are two champions of local democracy.

We have Susan Lerner,

executive director of Common Cause, New York, and Hennell Patel,

Director of the Democracy and Justice Program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.

They're here to answer your questions and clear up any lingering confusion. And even though

they're from New York and New Jersey in particular,

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