Introducing By The People?, a new podcast miniseries on voting rights in the 2020 election, hosted by Ian Millhiser. Each episode will examine a specific obstacle facing voters in the upcoming election, and lay out various policy proposals and practical ways to overcome that obstacle. Our first episode takes a deep dive into intentional efforts to suppress the vote with historian Carol Anderson and voting rights lawyer Janai Nelson.

Relevant resources: 
Confirm you are registered to vote
Legal Defense Fund Voting Rights Information

Featuring:
Carol Anderson, author of One Person, No Vote, professor of African American Studies at Emory University
Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Host:
Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser), Senior Correspondent, Vox

Credits:
Producer/Editor: Jackson Bierfeldt
Editor: Elbert Ventura
Executive Producer: Liz Nelson

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