It's time for a voting vibe check
The NPR Politics Podcast

It's time for a voting vibe check

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 29, 202617 min

Voters are already voting in this year's midterms. With Election Day just five weeks away, we take a look at how things are going so far in an election cycle filled with confusion and questions about voting by mail and potential federal interference in election processes. This episode: voting correspondents Ashley Lopez and Miles Parks, and politlcal correspondent Jude Joffe-Block. This podcast was produced and edited by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one...

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This week on Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR. The midterm elections are underway. More than half a million general election votes have already been cast. But leading up to voting, there's been some confusion and a fair bit of concern about

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things like mail-in voting and possible interference from the Trump administration. So let's get into it. It's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Ashley Lopez.

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