Voting In Texas, Plus John Paul Brammer Gives Advice

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🗓️ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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From fights over early voting applications to ballot drop-off sites, voting in Texas has drawn national attention. Sam talks to Texas reporters Ashley Lopez of member station KUT and Jessica Huseman of ProPublica to unpack what's happening and what it means for voting access. Then, Sam gets advice from John Paul Brammer, creator of the advice column "Hola Papi."

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Betty.
0:04.0	This week, I'll look at Texas and what that states politics say about the upcoming election.
0:11.0	Alright, let's start the show.
0:13.0	In honor of this Texas week on the show, I'm going to ask both of you to recite right now
0:19.0	the Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas flag.
0:21.0	I had to say that every day, and I don't know it.
0:25.0	I grew up in Florida to be clear, so I never had to learn it.
0:31.0	Well, for our listeners who may not know, this is the Texas Pledge.
0:35.0	It's quite simple.
0:36.0	On to the Texas flag.
0:37.0	I pledge allegiance to the Texas.
0:40.0	One state under God, one and indivisible.
0:43.0	I feel like that's not even like well written.
0:46.0	I don't know who wrote those sentences.
0:48.0	Anyway, we love the Texas Pledge.
0:50.0	We love the Texas flag.
0:51.0	It's on!
0:52.0	Great.
0:56.0	From NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:58.0	It's been a minute.
0:59.0	As you heard, we are giving you a special, lone star edition of the show this weekend.
1:05.0	And like me, this week, my two panelists are also in Texas.
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