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We the People

Voting Rights, Election Law, and the Midterms

We the People

National Constitution Center

News, News Commentary, History

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

As Americans prepare to head to the polls next week, We the People partnered with Ballotpedia for a rundown of the election law and voting rights issues most relevant to the 2018 midterms. Ballotpedia’s News Editor Sarah Rosier joins election law scholars Franita Tolson and Michael Morley to break down all sides of the legal arguments surrounding voter ID laws, gerrymandering, “signature matching,” the purging of voter rolls, and felon disenfranchisement. Jeffrey Rosen hosts.

Transcript

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I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and welcome to

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We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

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The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness

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and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.

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We're thrilled to produce this episode of We the People in partnership with Balladipedia, the digital

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Encyclopedia of American politics and elections.

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Balladpedia shares objective neutral information that informs millions of voters and candidates.

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And we are excited that they're here to join our nonpartisan exploration of the text and history of the election clause of the Constitution

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and some of the leading court cases that are bubbling up in America. From ballot

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media we're thrilled to have joining us Sarah Rosier.

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Sarah is Ballotpedia's news editor.

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She's been at Ballotpedia since 2013 and has served as director of the Congress Project and covered

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everything for presidential elections to the federal courts. Sarah, thank you so

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much for joining. Yeah, thanks for having me. And Sarah is joined by the co-authors of our interactive Constitution

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explainer on the Elections Clause.

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Michael Morley and Fernita Tolson

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and dear listeners, just as Franklin Roosevelt

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asked the American people to take out their maps during the radio show,

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I want you to take out the interactive Constitution explainer on the election clause so you can

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explore Michael and Franita's areas of agreement and disagreement.

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Michael Morley is assistant professor at Florida State University College of Law,

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is where he specializes in constitutional law and election law,

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