It’s the election week that never sleeps—and neither does our coverage! Today, we examine the election aftermath with two Wisconsin guests. In the first segment, we hear from Tanya McLean, a community organizer who worked to get out the Black and Brown vote in Kenosha. Then, Ruth Conniff from the Wisconsin Examiner join us to […]
Getting Out the Student Vote in 2020
Youth voters have historically had low turnout at the ballot boxes, but this year could be a whole different story. Today on the show, we spend the hour with UW–Madison student and voter engagement activist Shreya Bandyopadhyay to learn about efforts to get out the student vote this year during a global pandemic and with […]
Legal Battles Over the Ballot Box
With November 3 only two weeks away, today we learn about the ins-and-outs of several key election-related legal cases that are currently being litigated. “This year, there are unprecedented challenges to access to the ballot box,” says attorney Jeffrey Mandell. He joins us for the hour to discuss these challenges, including legal battles over Madison’s […]
Getting Out the Vote in 2020
With Wisconsin’s partisan primary just around the corner, today Ali spends the hour talking voting rights, voter access, and getting out the Black vote this year during the pandemic with two of Wisconsin’s prominent voter advocates, Anita Johnson from VoteRiders and Minister Gregory Lewis with Souls to the Polls in Milwaukee. Anita Johnson is the […]
Oregon Has Been Voting By Mail Since 1998. Why Can’t We All?
Following Wisconsin’s chaotic election last month, held in the midst of an ongoing global pandemic, the nation now has its eyes on vote-by-mail as a possible solution for ensuring voter access and safety in the November general election. What would have to happen between now and then to expand vote-by-mail programs nationwide? Why is it […]
Wisconsin Election Results Recap
Last week’s spring election in Wisconsin had the whole country talking about voter access and democracy during a public health crisis. Now that the results are in, Carousel spends the hour doing an election recap and analysis with Erin Forrest, executive director of Emerge Wisconsin, and Sachin Chheda, a partner at Nation Consulting and a political […]