SOURCE: NPR
10/22/2020
tags: elections, voting rights, 2020 Election
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10/22/2020
Throughline: How We Vote
Historians in the Newstags: elections, voting rights, 2020 Election
Drunken brawls, coercion, and lace curtains. Believe it or not, how regular people vote was not something the founding fathers thought much about, or planned for. Americans went from casting votes at drunken parties in the town square to private booths behind a drawn curtain. In this episode, the process of voting; how it was originally designed, who it was intended for, moments in our country's history when we reimagined it altogether, and what we're left with today.
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