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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Election Roundup

    There was an election here in L.A. yesterday, though you wouldn’t know it from the sound of silence at many of the polling places throughout the city. Only 10 percent of the city’s registered voters turned out; that means 180,000 out of the 1.8 million who could’ve voted, did. We go over the results.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 4, 2015 • 1 min read

    There was an election here in L.A. yesterday, though you wouldn’t know it from the sound of silence at many of the polling places throughout the city. Only 10 percent of the city’s registered voters turned out; that means 180,000 out of the 1.8 million who could’ve voted, did. We go over the results.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jessica Levinson

      Professor, Loyola Law School

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    The Pizza Lobby, the Amazing Randi, and Obamacare at the Supreme Court
    1. 0:00Obamacare at the Supreme Court
    2. 9:18Election RoundupYou’re reading this
    3. 19:53“An Honest Liar”
    4. 34:35The Powerful Pizza Lobby
    5. 44:52Bone Broth: Cure-All or Empty Hype?
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