Election experts share concerns about the midterms
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Election experts share concerns about the midterms

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 21, 202645 min
  • Interview
  • Politics

Ahead of the midterms, we talk with two election experts about President Trump’s efforts to interfere with voting. Richard Hasen, director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project, and Pennsylvania’s lead election official, Al Schmidt. Both are hoping the states, the courts and the public will ensure free and fair elections. They spoke with Fresh Air's Dave Davies. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel Check out the Fresh Air Archives See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data fo...

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American journalist Austin Tice vanished in Syria over a decade ago. For years, we've been searching for him. And now, we finally have some answers. This is the prison that Austin was in.

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I'm Dave Davies. The midterm election is less than two weeks away, and for months President Donald Trump has been warning that American voting systems are not to be trusted, including in his July prime time address to the nation. Hundreds of thousands of non-citizens and dead people are listed and active

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