The right to vote, constrained

Explain It to Me

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4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Matt and Dara are joined by Vox Senior Correspondent Ian Millhiser to talk through the several ongoing legal challenges being initiated by the GOP to curtail and hinder the right to vote in America. They talk through what has become of the Voting Rights Act, H.R. 1, as well as landmark Supreme Court cases of the past few decades — including the ones yet to be decided. Then, some research is discussed that examines the effect of private equity on nursing home patient welfare. Spoiler alert: Matt glimpses the abyss. Resources: "The new Republican war on voting rights, explained" by Ian Millhiser, Vox (Mar. 9, 2021) White paper Hosts: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration Reporter, ProPublica Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser), Senior Correspondent, Vox Credits: Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer As the Biden administration gears up, we'll help you understand this unprecedented burst of policymaking. Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter. The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production. Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yeah, so you know, if you think we're doing a bad job,
0:03.8	you can send us some e-mail and complain,
0:06.0	and you know, I won't write back to you.
0:07.5	Well, it maximizes profits to do it this way.
0:09.6	Shrinking your own electorate to own the lives.
0:12.1	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:24.8	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds
0:26.3	on the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:28.0	I'm Matthew E. Glacias here with boxes Ian Milhizer
0:31.4	and ProPublica's Dara Lindt.
0:33.6	Ian, glad to have you back on the weeds.
0:36.0	How's it going?
0:36.8	It's good to be here, although sadly,
0:38.7	I bring depressing news about the world of voting rights today.
0:42.4	Well, so, okay, so after Democrats stole the 2020 election,
0:47.3	a lot of Republican state legislatures have been taking advantage
0:52.5	of, you know, the Constitution puts
0:55.2	electoral administration largely in state hands,
0:58.4	so they have the opportunity to try to prevent
1:01.4	this kind of fraud from happening in the future.
1:05.0	And I gotta say, like whenever I read these stories
1:08.6	that are like 90 billion election restrictions
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