Votes for All!

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🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Today we travel to a future where voting rights are extended to lots more people in the United States including non-citizens, 16-year-olds, and convicted felons. Guests: Dr. Ron Hayduk — professor of political science at San Francisco State University, and author of Democracy for All Ashawn Dabney-Small — candidate for Boston City Council District 3 and Vice President for the National Youth Rights Association Dr. Sylvia Kritzinger — a professor at the University of Vienna Jennifer Taylor — senior attorney at the Equal Justice Initiative. → → → Further reading & resources here! ← ← ← Flash Forward is hosted by, Rose Eveleth and produced by Julia Llinas Goodman. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky. Get in touch: Twitter // Facebook // Reddit // [email protected] ✨ SUPPORT THE SHOW ✨ Subscribe: iTunes // Soundcloud // Spotify Episode Sponsors: PNAS Science Sessions: short, in-depth conversations with the world’s top scientific researchers. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Shaker & Spoon: A subscription cocktail service that helps you learn how to make hand-crafted cocktails right at home. Get $20 off your first box at shakerandspoon.com/ffwd. Tab for a Cause: A browser extension that lets you raise money for charity while doing your thing online. Whenever you open a new tab, you’ll see a beautiful photo and a small ad. Part of that ad money goes toward a charity of your choice! Join team Advice For And From The future by signing up at tabforacause.org/flashforward. Tavour: Tavour is THE app for fans of beer, craft brews, and trying new and exciting labels. You sign up in the app and can choose the beers you’re interested in (including two new ones DAILY) adding to your own personalized crate. Use code: flashforward for $10 off after your first order of $25 or more. Purple Carrot: Purple Carrot is THE plant-based subscription meal kit that makes it easy to cook irresistible meals to fuel your body. Each week, choose from an expansive and delicious menu of dinners, lunches, breakfasts, and snacks! Get $30 off your first box by going to www.purplecarrot.com and entering code FLASH at checkout today! Purple Carrot, the easiest way to eat more plants! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and I am your host. Back I've rested control from the AI
0:16.0	version of myself that hosted last time we had an episode and I'm here it's me
0:19.9	the biological version or so you think. Okay flash forward is a show about the future
0:25.2	every episode we take on a specific possible or not so possible future scenario. We
0:32.1	always start with a little field trip to the future to
0:35.2	check out what's going on and then we teleport back to today to talk to experts
0:39.6	about how that world that we just heard might really go down.
0:45.5	Got it? Great. This episode we are starting in the year
0:49.5	2028. 28.
1:08.8	Hi, I'm a celebrity. You might recognize me from shows like Law and Order in Space, America's Got Singing, and the hit drama, boys.
1:12.6	But today I'm here to talk to you about something way more important than the way my career
1:17.2	is teetering on the edge of sustainability.
1:20.3	Today I'm here to talk to you about voting.
1:24.0	That's right, voting!
1:26.0	Your civic duty, your great American right, the way you can shape the future.
1:32.0	And this year voting is easier than a the way you can shape the future.
1:33.0	And this year voting is easier than ever.
1:35.8	As long as you're over 16 and live in the United States,
1:39.3	you can vote.
1:41.0	It's that simple. Now you might be wondering, well, wait a minute, famous dude, I couldn't
1:47.1	vote last time. I'm not a citizen. Or I have a felony.
1:57.0	Well, I'm here to tell you that this year, it doesn't matter. I too am not a citizen, and I too have a felony.
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