Edition #961
Today we take a look at a few of the tactics used to suppress voter turnout from the civil rights ear to the modern era as well as some ideas to fix the problem
 
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: Are Voter ID Laws Really a Bad Idea? - @TestTube News - Air Date: 7-10-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Forward - Northbound

00:03:35 Ch. 4: Act 2: A conversation on our changing voting rights w/ @AriBerman and @Dale_E_Ho - Intersection (@IntersectionTNR) - Air Date: 8-10-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Thru Clouds - deeB

00:19:12 Ch. 6: Act 3: Fox & Friend's Call For Literacy Tests Reveals Deep, Deep Irony - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 12-07-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Vote - Jefferson Coker

00:23:12 Ch. 8: Act 4: Changes to voter laws that raise disturbing connections to the past - @Making_Contact - Air Date: 8-5-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: A Change Is Gonna Come - Ben Sollee

00:34:24 Ch. 10: Act 5: New Election Scandal Cuts MILLIONS of Voters from the Rolls - @RedactedTonight w/ @Lee_Camp - Air Date: 11-03-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: The Wrong Way - Jahzzar

00:39:28 Ch. 12: Act 6: New Law: Everyone Automatically Registered to Vote Unless You Opt Out - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 08-06-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: Some Kind Of Mininova - Textile Audio

00:44:28 Ch. 14: Act 7:  Automatic Voter Registration via @BrennanCenter — Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 15: Song 7: This fickle world - Theo Bard

00:47:47 Ch. 16: Act 8: Gerrymandering - @RalphNader Radio Hour - Air Date: 6-13-15
Ch. 17: Song 8: XBells - Jimmy Penguin

00:54:15 Ch. 18: Act 9: The Conservative Voter Suppression Plot Thickens... - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 10-03-15

Voicemails
01:00:26 Ch. 19:  Thoughts on the treatment of indigenous peoples in Canada - Jessi-Anne from Victoria, British Columbia
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

01:06:33 Ch. 20: Final comments giving an update on the ongoing battle against a rare disease - click here to donate!
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Activism: Automatic Voter Registration via @BrennanCenter
Take Action:
Find the Brennan Center for Justice list of Automatic Voter Registration laws
Let your federal legislators know you support the Automatic Voter Registration Act through ContactingTheCongress.org and your state reps know you support voter expansion through automatic registration via OpenStates.Org
Additional Activism/Resources:
Find out if you’re registered to vote at: CanIVote.org
Sources/further reading:
"The Case for Voter Registration Modernization in 2015” via the Brennan Center for Justice
What Alabama Can Learn From California on Voting Rights via Ari Berman at The Nation
"Gov. Brown approves automatic voter registration for Californians” via LA Times
"Dem unveils automatic voter registration bill” via The Hill
"Make It Easy: The Case for Automatic Registration” via Democracy Journal
"Under new Oregon law, all eligible voters are registered unless they opt out” via LA Times
"Hillary's Game-Changing Voting Reform” via the Brennan Center for Justice
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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