The reality of voter suppression in America (with Andrea Hailey)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Civic Ventures

Business, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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If there's one thing we learned from the far-right campaign against voting rights following the 2020 election, it's how fragile our democracy really is. That’s why we’re celebrating Election Day 2022 by revisiting our conversation with Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey, who explains how voter suppression happens and what reforms would help ensure a truly inclusive democracy. Don’t forget to vote! This episode originally aired in October 2021. Andrea Hailey is the CEO of Vote.org, the nation’s largest nonpartisan digital voter engagement organization. Twitter: @AndreaEHailey Vote.org: https://www.vote.org Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

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0:00.0	Hey, pitchfork listeners, Goldie here.
0:02.8	If there's one thing we learned from the Trump years and what followed,
0:06.8	it's how fragile our democracy really is and how important it is for everybody to vote.
0:13.6	Because if we don't, it can be taken away.
0:16.8	Here in the pro-democracy haven of Washington State,
0:20.8	most of us conveniently and securely vote by mail.
0:25.2	But if you're spending the day waiting in long lines
0:27.8	or if you're just waiting for the local election results to come in,
0:31.8	we thought it would be a good day to re-release our conversation
0:35.4	with vote.org CEO Andrea Haley.
0:39.4	We spoke with her last year around this time
0:41.8	about the state of voting rights, vote by mail,
0:44.6	and the reality of voter suppression in America.
0:47.8	We hope you'll listen, and more importantly, we hope you'll vote.
0:53.8	There's all sorts of reasons why the voting suppression nonsense is going on
0:57.4	in the country right now is dangerous,
0:59.8	but for sure it will end up being terrible for the economy.
1:03.8	Every time the voting process is won that is cumbersome,
1:07.9	we have to remember on the other end of that is a policy that made it so.
1:11.8	We learned from the Trump years and the response of Republicans
1:15.9	after the 2020 election how fragile our democracy really is.
1:20.2	From the home offices of civic ventures in downtown Seattle,
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