US polls have closed. What battles remain?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
With votes still being counted in the US election, the race isn't over. Both the Harris and Trump camps are preparing for possible legal battles, from ballot certification issues to potential cases before the Supreme Court. Americans have cast their votes – will the legal system ensure every ballot is counted?
In this episode:
- Amir Badat (@AmirBadat), Manager of Black Voters on the Rise and Special Counsel at Legal Defense Fund, NAACP
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Sonia Bhagat, Sarí el-Khalili with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg, and our host, Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, the polls have closed. |
| 0:15.1 | And now Donald Trump will be America's 47th president. |
| 0:18.6 | As the vote is tallied, could legal battles change the course of this highly |
| 0:23.4 | contested election in the United States? I'm Malika Bilal and this is the take. Most of the ballots are in. |
| 0:39.4 | A lot of the counting is done. |
| 0:41.9 | And then this happened. |
| 0:44.5 | We overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible. |
| 0:47.6 | And it is now clear that we've achieved the most incredible political thing. |
| 0:54.1 | Look what happened. |
| 0:55.2 | Is this crazy? |
| 0:58.5 | But what about the voters? |
| 1:00.8 | How did the voting go? |
| 1:02.6 | And what happens next? |
| 1:04.8 | My guest today says he faced problems when he went to vote. |
| 1:08.8 | I spoke to him on the morning of election day. |
| 1:12.0 | Hi, my name is Amir Badat. I am the manager of the Black Voters on the Rise project at the |
| 1:17.6 | NDACP Legal Defense Fund and Voting Special Counsel. That means I'm a voting rights attorney, |
| 1:23.8 | focusing on political participation for black Americans predominantly in the South. |
| 1:30.8 | Amar, it's good to have you. Welcome to the take. Let's start by talking about your own vote, |
| 1:37.6 | because you decided to vote early before Election Day, and you got to the polls at home in |
| 1:43.9 | Jackson, Mississippi, and that's a state that |
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