Beste High Turnout Wide Margins podcasts (2024)

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S3E23 – Discussing the new documentary ‘The Officials’ with producers Sarah Archambault and Margo Guernsey 23:51

1M ago23:51

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Sarah Archambault and Margo Guernsey. They are the production team behind the documentary “No Time to Fail,” and of a new documentary, “The Officials” that continues to shine a light on the work of local election officials. They spoke about why they chose to focus their work on local ele…

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S3E22 – We’re All in This Together with Representative and Former County Clerk Peggy McGaugh 24:30

4M ago24:30

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Peggy McGaugh. She’s the State Representative for the 7th District, which includes Carroll, Linn, Livingston, and part of Ray counties. Before being elected to the House, she served for 33 years in the Carroll County Clerk’s Office. They spoke about McGaugh’s experience, the benefits of …

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S3E21 – Perspectives from Brand New Election Administrators 26:05

4M ago26:05

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with some new election administrators in the state of Missouri – all of whom have been in the job less than four years, and are now preparing for their first presidential election. They spoke about Rachel Lightfoot in Polk County, Heather Hall, the Republican Director of the Election Board in…

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S3E20 - Piloting Domestic Election Observation with Montana’s Jeff Mangan 25:56

5M ago25:56

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Jeff Mangan. He’s a former Commissioner of Political Practice in Montana, and one of co-chairs of the Montana Election Observation Initiative [MEOI], a Carter Center-supported nonpartisan election observation effort. MEOI conducted their first pilot observation during Montana’s June 4th …

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S3E19: It's happening.....it's finally happening! Tom Hicks with the EAC 27:13

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The High Turnout Wide Margins team recently traveled to Portland, Oregon, for a special workshop on State Associations hosted by the Election Center. While there, we were able to have face-to-face conversations with people working in elections across the country. In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Commissioner Tom Hicks, …

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S3E18 - A Tale of Two Cities with Michigan’s Jackie Beaudry and Melanie Ryska 30:22

6M ago30:22

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The High Turnout Wide Margins team recently traveled to Portland, Oregon, for a special workshop on State Associations hosted by the Election Center. While there, we were able to have face-to-face conversations with people working in elections across the country. In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Jackie Beaudry and Melan…

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S3E17 - Virginia is for Voters with Henrico County’s Mark Coakley 25:39

6M ago25:39

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The High Turnout Wide Margins team recently traveled to Portland, Oregon, for a special workshop on State Associations hosted by the Election Center. While there, we were able to have face-to-face conversations with people working in elections across the country. In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Mark Coakley. He’s the G…

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S3E16 - Professionalizing the Election Field One OREO at a Time with Ohio’s Aaron Ockerman 27:16

7M ago27:16

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The High Turnout Wide Margins team recently traveled to Portland, Oregon, for a special workshop on State Associations hosted by the Election Center. While there, we were able to have face-to-face conversations with people working in elections across the country. In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Aaron Ockerman, the Exec…

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S3E15 – Investment, Representation and Reflection in North Carolina with Derek Bowens in Durham County, NC 27:13

7M ago27:13

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Derek Bowens, the Elections Director in Durham County, North Carolina. They spoke about crafting narratives to help election administrators share and showcase the need for local investment in elections and about the importance of having election administrators that represent and reflect …

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S3E14 - A behind-the-scenes look of the private election industry with Matthew Fitch 27:56

8M ago27:56

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Matthew Fitch. He’s the owner of Merriman River Group, a private election firm that works with organizations such as labor unions and, recently, the Missouri Democratic Party for the presidential preference primary.They spoke about how one manages a private election, including preparatio…

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S3E13 - Exploring a Victorian Election System with the UK Association of Electoral Administrators’ Peter Stanyon 28:49

8M ago28:49

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Peter Stanyon. He’s the Chief Executive for the Association of Election Administrators, or AEA, in the United Kingdom. They spoke about the complexities of the UK's election system with its limited time frame for some elections, changes in voter ID law, and the challenges of adding moder…

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S3E12 - Putting the Face in… Personalizing the Need for Congressional Elections Funding with Issue One’s Gideon Cohn-Postar 26:06

9M ago26:06

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Gideon Cohn-Postar. He’s the Legislative Director from Issue One, an organization that advocates for cross partisan political reform at the Congressional level – on issues such as social media reform, protecting the safety of election officials and consistent federal funding for election…

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S3E11 - Laying it on the electionline: covering local election news with Mindy Moretti 27:21

9M ago27:21

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Mindy Moretti, the editor-in-chief of electionline, a news source and aggregator for local election administrators that sends out a daily newsletter on all things election news. They spoke about how electionline has evolved over time, what it takes for Moretti to curate it each morning, …

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S3E10 - Brewing up Election Security with Scott McDonell in Dane County, Wisconsin 24:31

10M ago24:31

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Scott McDonell in Dade County, Wisconsin. After a number of threats and attempted break-ins, McDonell decided that election officials needed a safer and larger space for election processes.So, after traveling around the country to look at other election offices, McDonell chose the new sp…

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S3E9 - A Legacy of Election Communication, Collaboration and Martial Arts with Tommy Gong in Contra Costa County, California 29:14

10M ago29:14

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Tommy Gong from Contra Costa County, California. They spoke about Tommy’s long history working in California elections, about his work with Bay Area Votes – and how they’re trying to educate and connect with voters – and a little about his unique connection to Bruce Lee. https://www.face…

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S3E8 - Rebuilding Trust in Elections One Local Office at a Time with Fred DeCaro III in Greenwich, Connecticut 27:18

11M ago27:18

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Fred DeCaro III, one of the two elected Registrars of Voters in Greenwich, Connecticut. They spoke about the unique nature of Connecticut’s election administration, some of the challenges of being a part-time local election administrator, and about what all election administrators could …

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S3E7 - Election Transparency with Heider Garcia in Dallas County, Texas 26:21

11M ago26:21

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Heider Garcia in Dallas County, Texas. Garcia has had a couple of high-profile years – first, being highlighted on “This American Life” for the inclusive and in-depth way he engaged with people who were skeptical of or had questions about the elections process. Then, after a close result…

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S3E6 - HTWM Live: Looking to 2024: Insights from Gabriel Sterling in Georgia and Trey Grayson in Kentucky 29:41

11M ago29:41

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Last November, the High Turnout Wide Margins team held a live event looking ahead to 2024’s election cycle. Hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey spoke - for the first time – with Secretary of State-level election administrators: Gabriel Sterling in Georgia and Trey Grayson in Kentucky. They spoke about some of the things they’ve learned during their t…

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S3E5 - Reimagining Inventory Management with Jamie Shew in Douglas County, Kansas 29:06

12M ago29:06

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak withJamie Shew in Douglas County, Kansas. They spoke about how innovations - like RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification technology, can be used for keeping track of all of the equipment needed to run a good, efficient election.

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S3E4 - Hacking Elections with BiaSciLab 27:56

1y ago27:56

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In this episode, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey speak with BiaSciLab, a teenage white hat hacker who has been working in the elections cybersecurity space since she was 11 years old. They discuss the role of DEF CON’s Voting Village and ethical hackers in testing and identifying cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the American election system. To l…

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S3E3 - Collaboration between Election Administrators and Election Researchers with MIT's Charles Stewart III 25:57

1y ago25:57

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Charles Stewart III. He’s the director of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab and the co-director of the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project (https://electionlab.mit.edu/). They spoke about the relationship between academics studying elections and the local election administrators wh…

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S3E2 - The Creation of ERIC and the Challenges of Keeping Voter Lists up to Date with John Lindback 27:38

1y ago27:38

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with John Lindback. He’s been involved in elections administration for many years and was the first Executive Director of ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center, after its creation in 2012. They spoke about the creation of ERIC, how the multi-state voter-registration monitoring …

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S3E1 - HTWM Live at NCSL: How Local Election Officials and State Legislators Can Work Together with Ruth Hardy and Carlton Wing 25:02

1y ago25:02

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This past August, the High Turnout Wide Margins team headed to Indianapolis for the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Legislative Summit, which brings together lawmakers from all across the country. Hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey did a live taping at the event where – for the first time – they spoke with state legislators. They spoke ab…

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S2E26 - Reflecting on a Family Legacy of Election Administration with Miller County, Missouri’s Clinton Jenkins 28:46

1+ y ago28:46

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In this episode, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey speak toClinton Jenkins – a third-generation county clerk in Miller County, Missouri.As of the 2020 Census, Miller County has a population of 24,722. They spoke about his family legacy of public service, themany tasks that come with the job, and some of the challenges he has faced inhis small, rura…

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S2E25 - The State of Federal Election Funding with the EAC’s Ben Hovland and Votebeat’s Carrie Levine 27:27

1+ y ago27:27

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In this episode, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey speak to Ben Hovland and Carrie Levine. Ben is the current Vice Chair for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and Carrie is the Story Editor for Votebeat, a “nonprofit news organization committed to reporting the nuanced truth about elections and voting at a time of crisis in America.” They sp…

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S2E24 – HTWM Live at the US Alliance for Election Excellence with Michigan’s Jocelyn Benson and Colorado’s Pam Anderson 25:45

2y ago25:45

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In February, High Turnout Wide Margins was invited to do a live recording at the first in-person meeting of the US Alliance for Election Excellence – a nonpartisan collaborative of election administrators and subject matter experts. Hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey spoke with two election administrators that night – Jocelyn Benson, the Michigan Se…

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S2E23 – HTWM Global Edition: Brianna Goes to Tunisia 29:00

2y ago29:00

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In December, host Brianna Lennon went on her first international election observation mission. She traveled to Tunisia in northern Africa to observe their December 17, 2022, Parliamentary election, which comes after a consolidation of power under their current president and a relatively new constitution that he helped craft. She and co-host Eric Fe…

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S2E22 – HTWM Live: Discussing the Documentary ‘No Time to Fail’ with Rhode Island’s Rob Rock 29:11

2y ago29:11

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Back in November, High Turnout Wide Margins hosted a film screening at Ragtag Cinema in Columbia, Missouri. The documentary called ‘No Time to Fail’ follows the work of numerous Rhode Island election administrators during the 2020 Presidential Election as they navigate their day-to-day work, the growing threat of disinformation and mistrust in elec…

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S2E21 - Preventing Physical Harassment & Violence Against Election Officials with Kathy Boockvar 27:38

2y ago27:38

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Kathy Boockvar. She’s the former Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 2019- 2021 and a member of the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections, which works to protect election officials from physical threats, violence, and intimidation through coordination with law enforcemen…

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S2E20 – HTWM Global Edition: Domestic Observation with Promo-LEX’s Mariana Novac and Nicolae Panfil 27:56

2y ago27:56

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In June, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey, along with Managing Editor Rebecca Smith, traveled to Central and Eastern Europe to learn more about election administration in democracies overseas. In this episode, our hosts are back in Moldova – a small country nestled between Romania and Ukraine that was a part of the former Soviet Union. They spoke …

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S2E19 – HTWM Global Edition: Moldova’s Center for Continuous Electoral Training 24:03

2y ago24:03

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In June, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey, along with Managing Editor Rebecca Smith, traveled to Central and Eastern Europe to learn more about election administration in democracies overseas. In this episode, our hosts are back in Moldova – a small country nestled between Romania and Ukraine that was a part of the former Soviet Union – speaking w…

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S2E18 – Navigating the Future of Election Policymaking with the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Matthew Weil 24:15

2y ago24:15

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In this episode, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey speak with Matthew Weil, the executive director of the Democracy Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center. They spoke about some of the work his team is doing, some ways local election administrators can get more involved in the policy making process, and about some of the challenges American democr…

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S2E17 – HTWM Global Edition: The Central Election Commission of Moldova at 25 years 23:22

2y ago23:22

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In June, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey, along with Managing Editor Rebecca Smith, traveled to Central and Eastern Europe to learn more about election administration in democracies overseas. In this episode, our hosts speak with Angelica Caraman, the current Chairperson of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Moldova – a small coun…

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S2E16 – Pushing back against election misinformation with Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum 22:05

2y ago22:05

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In this episode, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey speak with Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum in Michigan about how she pushes back against election misinformation, the need for greater voter education, and how she hopes all election officials – regardless of party – can work together to address election-related conspiracy theories.…

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S2E15 – Reflecting on an Elections-Focused Career with Missouri Senator Roy Blunt 26:17

2y ago26:17

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In this episode, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey speak with Missouri Senator Roy Blunt and reflect on his 26 years in Congress and his previous careers in local election administration – as both the County Clerk in Greene County, Missouri, and the Missouri Secretary of State.

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S2E14 – An Insider Look at the Business of Voting Equipment with Hart InterCivic’s Peter Lichtenheld 26:25

2y ago26:25

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Peter Lichtenheld with Hart InterCivic – one of the companies that provides election technology, software, and services to election jurisdictions – about the business of election equipment, some of the challenges the industry has faced, and how things have changes for these companies si…

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S2E13 – When Observation Becomes an Obstacle With California Election Officials Joanna Francescut and Natalie Adona 27:35

2y ago27:35

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Joanna Francescut in Shasta County, California, and Natalie Adona in Nevada County, California, about how interactions with the public have changed since 2020 and about how the new demands of educating skeptical voters and people wanting to observe the election process can make it hard t…

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S2E12 – Researching Trust in Elections with Soren Jordan and Ryan Williamson 26:55

2y ago26:55

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Ryan Jordan and Ryan Williamson at Auburn University about their Trust in Elections study that is looking at how Americans perceive messaging from elections officials – on social media, with “I Voted” stickers, etc. – and about how local election administrators can modify their messages …

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S2E11 – Keeping Elections Running in Mesa County, Colorado with Stephanie Wenholz 27:31

2+ y ago27:31

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Mesa County, Colorado, has been in the election’s world spotlight since Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was accused of election tampering in August 2021. Since then, she has been indicted by a Mesa County grand jury on seven felony and three misdemeanor counts of election tampering and misconduct related to the alleged May 2021 security breach. In th…

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S2E10 – Social Media & the Battle Against Misinformation with Facebook’s Eva Guidarini 24:13

2+ y ago24:13

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In this episode, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey speak with Eva Guidarini, the manager of state and local government outreach at Facebook. They spoke about how local election officials can use their social media platforms to educate voters and push back against misinformation.

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S2E9 – HTWM Global Edition: Moldovan Democracy 101 with Igor Munteanu and Igor Boțan 29:00

2+ y ago29:00

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In June, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey, along with Managing Editor Rebecca Smith, traveled to Central and Eastern Europe to learn more about election administration in democracies overseas. In this episode, our hosts take a broad look at democracy in the Republic of Moldova – a small country nestled between Romania and Ukraine that was a part o…

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S2E8 - HTWM Global Edition: The Belarusian Democratic Movement with “Election Commissioner-in-waiting” Alexander Shlyk 27:15

2+ y ago27:15

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In June, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey, along with Managing Editor Rebecca Smith, traveled to Central and Eastern Europe to learn more about election administration in democracies overseas. In this episode, they speak with Alexander Shlyk, the Special Representative on Elections for Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the former head of the Elections …

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S2E7 - HTWM Global Edition: Bosnia & Herzegovina with Dr. Irena Hadžiabdić 26:12

2+ y ago26:12

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In June, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey, along with Managing Editor Rebecca Smith, traveled to Central and Eastern Europe to learn more about election administration in democracies overseas. In this episode, they speak with Dr. Irena Hadžiabdić with the Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Election Commission about the state of democratic collaboratio…

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S2E6 - Colorado's Election System with Judd Choate 24:33

2+ y ago24:33

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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Judd Choate, the Director of the Division of Elections for the Colorado Department of State about the voter-centric election system in the state – a nearly all vote-by-mail model. In 2013, Colorado passed “The Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act of 2013,” which requires ballots to …

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S2E5 - Tale of Two Election Jurisdictions, Part 2: Los Angeles County with Dean Logan 26:21

2+ y ago26:21

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In the second of a two-part exploration, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey take a look at resource allocation and how that differs between cities of different sizes. In this episode, they speak with Dean Logan, the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles about funding and what it is like to oversee the “most complex county election jurisdict…

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S2E4 - Tale of Two Election Jurisdictions, Part 1: East St. Louis Board of Elections with Kandrise Mosby and Joe Lewis 25:26

2+ y ago25:26

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In the first of a two-part exploration, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey take a look at resource allocation and how that differs between cities of different sizes. In this episode, they speak with Kandrise Mosby and Joe Lewis with the East St. Louis Board of Elections about funding and how elections that feel like family reunions can overcome chal…

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S2E3 - The US Alliance for Election Excellence with Whitney May 26:42

2+ y ago26:42

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In this episode, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey speak with Whitney May, the Director of Government Services at the Center for Tech and Civic Life about the recently announced US Alliance for Election Excellence. This is a “nonpartisan collaborative of election officials, technologists, designers and other experts, working across all 50 states to…

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S2E2 - Crisis Management, Part 2: Maricopa County with Stephen Richer 23:59

2+ y ago23:59

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In the second of their two-part exploration on crisis management in local elections, Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey spoke with Stephen Richer from Maricopa County, Arizona. Maricopa County was the national center of attention following the 2020 election for its multiple recounts.

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S2E1 - Crisis Management, Part 1: Bill Cowles and Megan Wolfe 25:56

2+ y ago25:56

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In the first of a two-part exploration, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey take a look at crisis management in local elections. They speak with Bill Cowles from Orange County, Florida, who lived through the 2000 Florida election, and Megan Wolfe, the Wisconsin elections commission administrator, whose position was brought to center stage following t…

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#60 2021 Wrap Up & What to Expect in 2022 10:44

3y ago10:44

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Brianna and Eric recap 2021 and share what's to come in 2022.

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