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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What voter suppression looks like this election cycle

    We talk about strict voter ID laws in Texas, Georgia, North Dakota and Kansas -- and how they affect close races. We also look at why Florida may be the key to reversing that trend.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 6, 2018 • 1 min read

    We talk about strict voter ID laws in Texas, Georgia, North Dakota and Kansas -- and how they affect close races. We also look at why Florida may be the key to reversing that trend.

    The full episode

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    Historic voter turnout expected in Orange County
    1. 0:00What’s the voter turnout in some key Congressional races in Orange County?
    2. 4:13What it’s like being a poll worker in LA
    3. 9:38No more local polling places in 2020?
    4. 20:46What voter suppression looks like this election cycleYou’re reading this
    5. 33:22‘Broad City’ star Abbi Jacobson on her new book and political activism
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Amy Ta

      Digital News & Culture Editor

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      Ari Berman

      voting rights reporter for Mother Jones, author of “Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People ― and the Fight to Resist It”

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Historic voter turnout expected in Orange County
    1. 0:00What’s the voter turnout in some key Congressional races in Orange County?
    2. 4:13What it’s like being a poll worker in LA
    3. 9:38No more local polling places in 2020?
    4. 20:46What voter suppression looks like this election cycleYou’re reading this
    5. 33:22‘Broad City’ star Abbi Jacobson on her new book and political activism
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand