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Speaker 1: the season to exercise one of your most important rights
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Speaker 1: their fans are planning to do just that. We obviously
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Speaker 1: in our democracy, and so anyway that we can help
Speaker 1: get the word out about how to vote, we absolutely
Speaker 1: want to do that this election cycle. There's no shortage
Speaker 1: of critical issues. You have lots of options this year,
Speaker 1: and we've loved for everyone to take advantage of all
Speaker 1: of the new and convenient ways that you can cast
Speaker 1: your ballot. This year, we are motivated to get young
Speaker 1: people registered to vote. We know that it's often an
Speaker 1: overlooked block of voters, but can often use some guidance
Speaker 1: on how to engage more civically, and we want to
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Speaker 1: it a cool thing. I'm Brian Seltzer and for National
Speaker 1: Voter Education Week, we're joined by an awesome panel that's
Speaker 1: come together with one simple mission in mind, and that
Speaker 1: is to get out the vote. This is a Vote
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Speaker 1: Not only is it National Voter Education Week, it has
Speaker 1: also Vote seventy six Week here on the seventy six
Speaker 1: Ers Podcast Network. The roundtable you are about to hear
Speaker 1: is the second part of three installments in our Vote
Speaker 1: seventy six mini series. You definitely should check out and
Speaker 1: listen to a great conversation between the Man, Tom McGinnis
Speaker 1: and another fantastic human being, legendary former ref Philadelphia native
Speaker 1: Joey Crawford. He's got a great backstory as to why
Speaker 1: he felt in spy and moved to launch his own
Speaker 1: get out the Vote initiative this year. We've also got
Speaker 1: an episode in the work set to drop on October thirteenth,
Speaker 1: that features doc rivers Matisse Thybel and Kyle O'Quinn sharing
Speaker 1: their thoughts on the significance of voting, especially in this
Speaker 1: election year. For this roundtable, though, I wanted to bring
Speaker 1: on a group of panels who are all connected in
Speaker 1: some way, shape or form to the seventy six ers
Speaker 1: Vote seventy six platform. For more information any details on
Speaker 1: resources you can use ahead of November the third, just
Speaker 1: visit sixers dot com slash vote seventy six. All right,
Speaker 1: Rather than introduce our four panelists myself, I'm going to
Speaker 1: let them do the heavy lifting, so I don't watch
Speaker 1: any pronunciations or titles or affiliations, and also give you
Speaker 1: an opportunity to become familiar with the sound of their
Speaker 1: voice over the next twenty five minutes. So here we go.
Speaker 1: Are excellent, esteemed most helpful roundtable. Hi, I'm Eric Devon.
Speaker 1: I am here representing the Anti Defamation League of Philadelphia's
Speaker 1: Associate Board, and I'm a local psychiatrist in the Philadelphia area.
Speaker 1: Here to speak about the our time our vote initiative
Speaker 1: between the ad L Philadelphia and Urban League Him Thanks
Speaker 1: for having me. I'm Rachel Boss. I'm with the Pennsylvania
Speaker 1: Department of State and I'm here on behalf of the
Speaker 1: Bureau of Campaign Finance and Civic Engagement. I oversee our
Speaker 1: vote or outreach and education efforts this year. So it's
Speaker 1: all ready to vote outreach efforts. I'm Jo Little Beats
Speaker 1: Rod Nation music producer, Grammy Award winner. I'm representing the
Speaker 1: Urban League of Philadelphia David Gold, Chief Impact and Diversity
Speaker 1: Officer for the seventy sixes. I'm working close with our
Speaker 1: team here at the sixes on our vote seven six initiatives.
Speaker 1: Let's start guys with something really, Why it is National
Speaker 1: Voter Education Week. What role do you feel you, the
Speaker 1: organizations you represent, your platforms have in simply getting out
Speaker 1: the vote. Why don't we start with Jalil. Yeah, So
Speaker 1: I've actually started, um the day before yesterday. Um, I've
Speaker 1: had the city I'm from. I'm from Chester, PA. So, um,
Speaker 1: you know, I partnered up with the Urban League. I'm
Speaker 1: actually on the board of the Urban League Philadelphia, and um,
Speaker 1: you know I used my sneaker store. I have the
Speaker 1: first signature DTLR Downtown Locker Room in downtown CHESTERPA. So
Speaker 1: just using that as a hub and a facility to
Speaker 1: come uh and vote, you know what I mean. So
Speaker 1: it was a great turnout and just creating opportunities form
Speaker 1: the inner city to vote. And that's my that's the
Speaker 1: that's the most important thing for me, and um, that's
Speaker 1: what we've been able to do, and we're trying to
Speaker 1: open up at least three more locations in the city
Speaker 1: of Chester. Tremendous. That's awesome, Rachel, what do you um? So,
Speaker 1: the Pennsylvania Department of State is the state agency that
Speaker 1: is tasked with overseeing elections around the commonwealth. So we
Speaker 1: have been hard at work making sure that we're implementing
Speaker 1: our new u election reform laws that went into effect
Speaker 1: at the end of twenty nineteen and in the beginning
Speaker 1: of twenty twenty. So basically, we're working to make sure
Speaker 1: that if you turn out to vote, that that's going
Speaker 1: to happen smoothly, um, and that you have lots of
Speaker 1: options this year and implementing all of those options. So, UM,
Speaker 1: we'd love for everyone to take advantage of all of
Speaker 1: the new and convenient ways that you can cast your
Speaker 1: ballot this year. Eric. So, Um, I'm here you know,
Speaker 1: representing the the ADL Philadelphia and the partnership with the
Speaker 1: with Urban Ling our Time, our Vote initiative, and um,
Speaker 1: we are motivated to get young people registered to vote
Speaker 1: and excited about voting. We know that it's often in
Speaker 1: an over block of voters that cares a lot about
Speaker 1: the issues, but um can often use some guidance and
Speaker 1: how to engage more civically, and we want to make
Speaker 1: that easier. Get the information out and have a place
Speaker 1: for people to go and access information, register to vote,
Speaker 1: and do all all the things that they can do
Speaker 1: to to have their voices be heard. And David, this
Speaker 1: all of course is happening under the umbrel at least
Speaker 1: in this form of the seventy six ers Vote seventy
Speaker 1: six initiative. From where you sit, why was it critical
Speaker 1: for the organization to get involved in helping spread the
Speaker 1: word in terms of getting out the vote. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean I think we uh, you know, we this is
Speaker 1: this is work that you know, our partners at the
Speaker 1: ADL and the Department of State and an Urban League
Speaker 1: to engage in on an ongoing basis, even when we're
Speaker 1: not in the midst of a presidential election. I think
Speaker 1: what we have the opportunity to do at the Sixers
Speaker 1: is make sure that we can amplify the important messages
Speaker 1: and information that all of our partner to have around
Speaker 1: how to vote safely and securely this election so you know,
Speaker 1: we obviously have a large fan base. We're Philadelphia brand.
Speaker 1: We care a lot about the city. We know that
Speaker 1: voting is one of the most important things we can
Speaker 1: do in our democracy, and so anyway that we can
Speaker 1: help get the word out about how to vote and
Speaker 1: amplify the message of our partners, we absolutely want to
Speaker 1: do that. Of course, there's this one aspect of it
Speaker 1: where voting is you're right, it's a right that people
Speaker 1: have fought for over years for everyone to have. But
Speaker 1: then there's this other part of it where it's it's
Speaker 1: kind of like your duty too, isn't it. And I'm
Speaker 1: sure that there's a part of you that wants people
Speaker 1: to feel that empowerment in going out to try and
Speaker 1: bring about whatever change it is they want to see
Speaker 1: in their local communities, their state, country, the world. Right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that is very important. I mean, you look
Speaker 1: at the history. I mean, I mean, being a black
Speaker 1: man in America, we've been, you know, fighting for so
Speaker 1: long to kind of get that equal vote. So now
Speaker 1: that we had that equal vote, it's important to kind
Speaker 1: of bring that awareness. I think that my generation kinds
Speaker 1: of forgets what's the most important thing, you know, what
Speaker 1: I mean when we talk about affordable healthcare, affordable housing,
Speaker 1: funding for school and even now what's going on in
Speaker 1: the world with justice reform and all that we have
Speaker 1: the voice, you know, I mean, we fall for this,
Speaker 1: and I think that we need to understand that, you know,
Speaker 1: we fought for this. So let's try to take this
Speaker 1: and take advantage of this and actually get out there
Speaker 1: and vote, because you know, just what's going on in
Speaker 1: the world, a lot of I mean, even speaking for
Speaker 1: black people, a lot of people are very discouraged of
Speaker 1: you know, their vote not even matter. We still have
Speaker 1: to get out there and try to make a change. Rachel,
Speaker 1: I feel like and correct me if I'm wrong, if
Speaker 1: this is a question that shouldn't be steered your direction.
Speaker 1: So it sounds like in your role, it's about making
Speaker 1: sure that people don't feel that there are barriers to vote. Correct,
Speaker 1: And what are some of the things that you guys
Speaker 1: from a state government level, are trying to ensure that
Speaker 1: people if they want to get out and vote. I mean,
Speaker 1: especially in the world that we're living in now, how
Speaker 1: different voting is going to be in this election cycle,
Speaker 1: and making sure that if you want to vote and
Speaker 1: you are registered to vote that you can vote, Yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: I mean this year is different for voters in Pennsylvania.
Speaker 1: And even before the COVID nineteen pandemic started, the Pennsylvania
Speaker 1: legislature passed reform bills that allowed for voting by mail
Speaker 1: for all registered Pennsylvanians. So you now have three ways
Speaker 1: to vote. Essentially, you can vote a mail in or
Speaker 1: absentee ballot by mail, you can go in person to
Speaker 1: your county election office or a satellite office to vote
Speaker 1: that mail in or absentee ballot over the counter, or
Speaker 1: you can vote in person on election day. So voting
Speaker 1: is absolutely a right that we should all exercise, and
Speaker 1: we now have more opportunities in Pennsylvania than ever before
Speaker 1: to do that. So I just want to make sure
Speaker 1: you know, we have the Department of State want to
Speaker 1: make sure that everyone knows about these different options and
Speaker 1: that they choose whichever option works for them, They make
Speaker 1: a plan, and that they follow through on that plan. Terrific.
Speaker 1: And again some key dates for anyone who's listening out
Speaker 1: there in the local area. For Pennsylvania, registration deadline is
Speaker 1: October nineteenth, Delaware is October the tenth, and New Jersey
Speaker 1: is October the thirteenth. You know, it was interesting, Eric,
Speaker 1: because in what I do professionally, I don't even know
Speaker 1: if if it needs to fall into what you do professionally,
Speaker 1: but I'm constantly scrolling, like throughout the day, checking my timeline,
Speaker 1: whether it's on Twitter, Instagram, those sort of things, And
Speaker 1: you see this massive energy, all encompassing in terms of
Speaker 1: messaging this time of year, getting out the vote campaigns
Speaker 1: on either side trying to get their message out. So
Speaker 1: you would think inherently that given the space where this
Speaker 1: is happening, there is a lot of engagement among young people.
Speaker 1: But it sounds like that's something that your organization is
Speaker 1: really focused on making sure that I guess perhaps activity
Speaker 1: you might see on social media and engagement there translates
Speaker 1: to action at the actual polls. Yeah, so we we've
Speaker 1: you know, started up a heavy handed uh digital campaign
Speaker 1: UM digital postcards, UM, social media tool kits and things
Speaker 1: like that to do exactly what you're talking about and
Speaker 1: have a lot of activity online, but the key is
Speaker 1: translating that into into action at the polls and getting people, um,
Speaker 1: you know, to take that next step and you know,
Speaker 1: to piggyback on which Alil said is that it's it's
Speaker 1: not just about who's in the White House. It's it's
Speaker 1: you look around you, and it's it's voting for the
Speaker 1: people who are going to have impact on the schools
Speaker 1: that your kids go to, on the roads, on policing,
Speaker 1: on prosecuting, public transit, local programs like job job training,
Speaker 1: UM and these are all things that people really care
Speaker 1: deeply about in their everyday lives, and you can see
Speaker 1: it online and and we want to make sure that
Speaker 1: the information of how to turn that into a vote
Speaker 1: is easily access and available, and that people have a
Speaker 1: plan and know what to do to make their vote count.
Speaker 1: I'm going to start this with David Gold from the
Speaker 1: seventy six ers, and you can all feel free to
Speaker 1: chime in if you'd like and have had experience with it.
Speaker 1: But this seems at least compared to other years in
Speaker 1: my lifetime, and I'm reminder the thirties that people from
Speaker 1: all walks of life this election cycle has their attention.
Speaker 1: And on the seventy six ers side, we're seeing it
Speaker 1: from everyday employees to NBA All Stars and All league
Speaker 1: players who are getting involved. David, can you take us
Speaker 1: behind the scenes and how the organization has tried to
Speaker 1: work with some of its stars in terms of amplifying
Speaker 1: messaging for getting out the vote. Yeah. I mean, I
Speaker 1: think as a lot of folks have probably seen, voting
Speaker 1: is definitely an initiative that our players have taken up.
Speaker 1: It's something that you know, our home players in terms
Speaker 1: of Kylo Quinn and Mtista will have personally spoke about.
Speaker 1: We know that for the league as a whole, In
Speaker 1: the NBA Players Association, it's something they've really made an
Speaker 1: effort to do, not only to encourage others to vote,
Speaker 1: but also lead by example and making sure that I
Speaker 1: think Chris Paul came out with a m announcement yesterday.
Speaker 1: Think now ninety percent of the players are registered, which
Speaker 1: is great. UM. And you know, I think it's just
Speaker 1: really important that as a as a whole right now,
Speaker 1: as a league, as an organization, um Uh, there's just
Speaker 1: a lot of attention on the importance of voting UM
Speaker 1: and that you know, I think Jalil said earlier that
Speaker 1: you know, some people feel like their vote, their vote
Speaker 1: doesn't really count, UM and regardless of who you're voting for. UM.
Speaker 1: In the last presidential election, there were a lot of
Speaker 1: states that were decided by you know, just a handful
Speaker 1: of thousand of votes. And um, I think Matise said
Speaker 1: in one of his videos that, um, I forget if
Speaker 1: it was Mattis or Kyle that, like, you know, one
Speaker 1: person can think that, you know, my vote doesn't count,
Speaker 1: so I'm not going to go to the polls. But
Speaker 1: then when you have a million people thinking that way,
Speaker 1: that's a million voices whose whose voices is not heard,
Speaker 1: and those have real implications in terms of what the
Speaker 1: outcome of an election is. So, UM, I think we
Speaker 1: just have an opportunity right now, given all of the
Speaker 1: conversation attention there is to this election, to really elevate
Speaker 1: the importance of voting, and not just for November third,
Speaker 1: but hopefully it's momentum that that sustains beyond this election
Speaker 1: cycle and beyond this year. Again, like, this is something
Speaker 1: that is going to be very important for our communities
Speaker 1: wherever we may live. Um, we're putting people in office
Speaker 1: who make decisions about you know, our lives, what resources
Speaker 1: go to our communities, decisions that are made that that
Speaker 1: will really impact all of us. So I think right
Speaker 1: now we're sort of at a we sort of have
Speaker 1: this swell of energy that hopefully we can sustain both
Speaker 1: for this election but also beyond Julia. We've kind of
Speaker 1: lived it, and I say we more so David and I.
Speaker 1: On the sports level, just seeing how some of the
Speaker 1: athletes have been involved in trying to get out the vote.
Speaker 1: Take us inside the music industry. What's the enthusiasm been
Speaker 1: like there for getting out the vote? Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: it's more about the message and using social media platforms.
Speaker 1: I mean, you look at my partner, Meet Mill, He's
Speaker 1: been like going really hard as far as the social
Speaker 1: justice reform and all that, you know, working alongside about
Speaker 1: um Robert Kraft and um, um Jay Z and uh
Speaker 1: and actually you know the Sixers and UM, you know,
Speaker 1: just getting I mean, our platform is so big and UM,
Speaker 1: we're so influential in uh, the inner communities because we
Speaker 1: come from that, so us bringing um, you know, awareness,
Speaker 1: Um whereas though you know it's well, we'll make it
Speaker 1: a cool thing, you know what I mean. UM, a
Speaker 1: lot of things that uh, you know the inner city
Speaker 1: look at um, outside of just hip hop and and
Speaker 1: maybe sports, they can't really relate to, so us trying
Speaker 1: to make voting a cool thing is the biggest importance
Speaker 1: right now. So a lot of um, you know, artists, producers,
Speaker 1: um label heads, everybody is trying to bring awareness. And
Speaker 1: I mean same thing with you know, with Pup Daddy
Speaker 1: p Diddy when he did the vote Vote or diet campaign.
Speaker 1: It's really just taking our platform and making it a
Speaker 1: cool thing to do, because right now, you know, it's
Speaker 1: not looked at as a cool thing. Rachel, I gotta
Speaker 1: ask that working on the government level, do does the Commonwealth?
Speaker 1: It has to know, right the significance that it has,
Speaker 1: because I'm just like saying from the outside, all you
Speaker 1: hear about is swing. This swing that in Pennsylvania is
Speaker 1: always a state that is mentioned. So I would have
Speaker 1: to think that also leans into how seriously you guys
Speaker 1: take your position and making sure that these processes, especially
Speaker 1: this year, can be as accessible and run as smoothly
Speaker 1: as possible. That's absolutely right. I mean, we have really
Speaker 1: incredible teams here working on all facets of elections for
Speaker 1: everything from the security of our voting systems to you know,
Speaker 1: the outreach and engagement that I do, to working as
Speaker 1: liaisons with the cows who actually administer the elections at
Speaker 1: the local level. UM and all of these moving pieces
Speaker 1: really come together to make this UM, this kind of
Speaker 1: complex puzzle of convenient, safe and secure elections in Pennsylvania. UM.
Speaker 1: And there's nothing you know, more important for for our
Speaker 1: team than making sure that UM that the election you know,
Speaker 1: runs smoothly and that everyone has the opportunity to vote.
Speaker 1: So UM, yeah, absolutely, it's our it's our top priority. UM.
Speaker 1: And just uh, you know, thinking about what what Jhalia
Speaker 1: was sharing about, UM, people sharing messages on social media,
Speaker 1: people that are influential within their communities. UM, that's such
Speaker 1: an important piece of making sure that voters get UM
Speaker 1: the information that they need. Is sharing, is sharing good
Speaker 1: and accurate information. You hear so much about disinformation that
Speaker 1: gets spread UM, and it gets spread so easily and quickly.
Speaker 1: So in order to support folks that really do have
Speaker 1: those these incredible platforms where they have a lot of
Speaker 1: viewers and a lot of followers, the Department of State
Speaker 1: does make some materials available on our website. We have
Speaker 1: ready to vote toolkit where you can go and just
Speaker 1: like grab graphics, grab information. You can follow us on
Speaker 1: Facebook and Twitter and you know, reshare that information and
Speaker 1: you can always rest assured that you're getting trusted and
Speaker 1: accurate information about elections in Pennsylvania from the Pennsylvania Department
Speaker 1: of State, you know, And I just you don't want
Speaker 1: to encourage everyone that has that power to make sure
Speaker 1: that you're getting your information from verified sources because you're
Speaker 1: looked to as a trusted members of your communities. And
Speaker 1: what are those websites and handles, Rachel? Our main web
Speaker 1: page is votespa dot com. That's vot Eespa dot com.
Speaker 1: And you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Our
Speaker 1: Facebook handle is at PA Department of State and Twitter
Speaker 1: is PA State Department, but department is abbreviated, so it's
Speaker 1: PA State d et excellent. You know. I'll be honest,
Speaker 1: I've in my life encountered very few obstacles in terms
Speaker 1: of access to education. But still I feel like at
Speaker 1: times I could have been more informed about the issues
Speaker 1: that are on the ballot and keeping myself informed about
Speaker 1: candidates and people who might be, in terms of my ideology,
Speaker 1: the best people to elect. So going back to I
Speaker 1: think Jalil you mentioned this, and it's this overarching theme
Speaker 1: is like the idea of making voting cool, making voting
Speaker 1: relatable to people. I just like would love to hear
Speaker 1: from each of you how you keep yourselves informed, because
Speaker 1: maybe it's not as big of an obstacle as some
Speaker 1: people might think. David, why don't we start with you
Speaker 1: and then we'll swing it around. Yeah. I think one
Speaker 1: thing that you know, Rachel had on, even though it
Speaker 1: is focused on the election process as opposed to candidates,
Speaker 1: is make sure you're getting your information from an accurate
Speaker 1: and valid source. I think one thing that's great about
Speaker 1: social media that I think we're all trying to take
Speaker 1: advantage of it is it's a great way to get
Speaker 1: information out to people. UM. The challenges and sometimes is
Speaker 1: a consumer of information. I know I've had this challenge.
Speaker 1: It's tough to know what is real and what is not,
Speaker 1: and what is accurate and what is not. So UM,
Speaker 1: you know, I try to, UM, I do try to,
Speaker 1: you know, stay up on the news. I try to
Speaker 1: listen to candidates directly UM as opposed to you know,
Speaker 1: sort of hearing information filtered through through through other places.
Speaker 1: And then also I UM, you know, for me, there
Speaker 1: are certain issues that I know are very important to me,
Speaker 1: and I know organizations that care about those issues, and
Speaker 1: I go to those organizations to inform me about, um,
Speaker 1: you know, which candidates are are supporting those those issues. Um,
Speaker 1: It's it's tough to to sort through all the information,
Speaker 1: it's tru it's tough to figure out what's what's fact
Speaker 1: and what's fiction. So if you're going to organizations that
Speaker 1: you don't care about the things that you care about,
Speaker 1: I think that's the best way to get a good
Speaker 1: understanding of it. Yeah, I agree with that. Um, the
Speaker 1: most important thing is actually following an accurate source. So
Speaker 1: just um, you know, speaking for myself, me being on
Speaker 1: a board of the Urban League, I'm always um, hit Tom,
Speaker 1: what's going on on a political side on both ends.
Speaker 1: So just the most important thing to me is having
Speaker 1: an accurate source and reading of one. Yeah. I think
Speaker 1: I just will chime in and say, you know, I
Speaker 1: think that that's like I agree with everything that's been
Speaker 1: said about you know, choosing your trusted sources of information
Speaker 1: and being say consumer, we all have to be at
Speaker 1: this point of news information. Yeah, I think that that
Speaker 1: pretty much underscores it is you you have to know
Speaker 1: what's real and what's not, which is is hard to do,
Speaker 1: so follow those sources. Basically, I think the best thing
Speaker 1: to do. We've seen figures, especially compared to the previous
Speaker 1: presidential election year, on what turnout percentages were. What in
Speaker 1: your mind would constitute a successful turnout for this year's election,
Speaker 1: not just speaking about the presidential election, but how would
Speaker 1: you guys define successful turn out? What would that look like? Gosh,
Speaker 1: that's a tough question. I mean, I think we want
Speaker 1: every voter who wants to cast a ballot to cast
Speaker 1: a ballot, so you know, something like one hundred percent
Speaker 1: would be completely incredible. I think really for the Department
Speaker 1: of State, what we with the for the Pennsylvania Department
Speaker 1: of State, what we want to encourage is that everyone
Speaker 1: find the way that they're comfortable casting a ballot this
Speaker 1: way and this year, make a plan and follow through
Speaker 1: on it. So, if you have concerns about going to
Speaker 1: your polling place on election day due to COVID nineteen,
Speaker 1: perhaps you're in a high risk category for COVID nineteen
Speaker 1: and you want to vote by mail in ballot, you
Speaker 1: should do so. You should make a plan to do so,
Speaker 1: and do so as soon as possible. Apply today, vote
Speaker 1: your ballot as soon as you get it, and return
Speaker 1: it as soon as you're finished voting. Your ballot. You know,
Speaker 1: if you prefer to vote in person on election day, excellent.
Speaker 1: All polling places will be an on election day, or
Speaker 1: rather every county will have polling places open on election day,
Speaker 1: and you know, be prepared, bring your mask with you,
Speaker 1: be prepared possibly to wait in a little bit longer
Speaker 1: line than normal, and follow instructions from poll workers because
Speaker 1: of voting experience maybe a little different this year. So
Speaker 1: just kind of think ahead, make your plan, and follow
Speaker 1: through on that plan is is we want every voter
Speaker 1: to make sure that they know what they want to
Speaker 1: do and that they're able to follow that plan. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would agree. That's it's hard to put a number
Speaker 1: on it. I think it'd be great if every election
Speaker 1: there were more than the last election. I think, you know,
Speaker 1: just an upward trend would be heartening. But I think that,
Speaker 1: you know, the idea that everyone who wants to cast
Speaker 1: a ballot and everyone who casts a ballot is counted
Speaker 1: is of incredible importance. So, you know, Rachel was talking
Speaker 1: about all the different ways you can vote. There's been
Speaker 1: stuff in the news about these naked ballots and making
Speaker 1: sure that when you do sending your mail in ballot
Speaker 1: that you do it the right way. Um. So again,
Speaker 1: I think it's just a matter of going to the
Speaker 1: right source, learning how to vote, registering to vote, making
Speaker 1: sure you follow the steps that are are necessary, you know,
Speaker 1: with your voting plan, to make sure that you're counted.
Speaker 1: So I mean the number would be a hopefully a
Speaker 1: hundred percent of the people who who vote and want
Speaker 1: to be counted are counted. Um. I think I think
Speaker 1: it would be the best number. I don't know that
Speaker 1: we can actually know that, but that would be ideal.
Speaker 1: No ballots thrown out for uh, you know, silly reasons. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree with I agree with that. Um, just saying
Speaker 1: a spike from from last time. UM, you know, with
Speaker 1: COVID is going to get really tricky. So um, the
Speaker 1: most important thing right now probably probably would be the
Speaker 1: mail in ballot. So just uh is this It's going
Speaker 1: to be a tough one. So, UM, just saying a
Speaker 1: spike and uh from last time, would you know I
Speaker 1: would be satisfied. Yeah, I I agree with everything that said.
Speaker 1: I think I would just emphasize what Eric said, Um
Speaker 1: stole my answer. Eric, I was, I think that the
Speaker 1: extent to which we can minimize the amount of bout
Speaker 1: the amount of people that cast a ballot and their
Speaker 1: vote is not counted because of all the different ways
Speaker 1: there are to vote this year and all the rules
Speaker 1: around that. UM is really important. I think the thing
Speaker 1: that I think is most important that's like new and
Speaker 1: different this year, really important to focus on is this
Speaker 1: idea of secrecy about secrecy envelopes. So if you're in
Speaker 1: Pennsylvania and you get your mail and ballot and the mail,
Speaker 1: make sure that once you feel your ballot out, you
Speaker 1: put it in the official envelope before you put it
Speaker 1: in the envelope to send to send it back. So
Speaker 1: there are two envelopes and you have to sign the
Speaker 1: back of one of those. UM. Rachel correct me if
Speaker 1: I'm getting any of this information wrong, but I think
Speaker 1: it's it's just so important that everybody follows the steps
Speaker 1: to make sure your ballot is is actually counting tremendous
Speaker 1: and in the reef remaining time that we have left,
Speaker 1: we can go around the horn and if there's anything
Speaker 1: else that you guys would like to message out there
Speaker 1: about how people can either get engaged in the process
Speaker 1: of getting out the vote and the time that remains
Speaker 1: before the early registration deadline, at least in Pennsylvania on
Speaker 1: October nineteenth, or simply leading up to November. The third one,
Speaker 1: don't we hear from you guys. If there's more ways
Speaker 1: that people can get involved and help do that, Eric,
Speaker 1: we can start with you. Yeah. Sure, you know, we
Speaker 1: have created a website for the Our Time Our Vote
Speaker 1: initiative between ADL Philadelphia and Urban League Philadelphia, which has
Speaker 1: a lot of good information with deadlines and the social
Speaker 1: media tool kit that I'd mentioned and links to things
Speaker 1: like the census as well, which you can still fill out.
Speaker 1: So that website is Our Time, Our Vote PHL dot com.
Speaker 1: So check that out. It's got a lot of good information. Joel. Yeah. So,
Speaker 1: like I said, we had the DTL are open to
Speaker 1: go to register to vote, and right now you can
Speaker 1: go there or you can reach out to me on
Speaker 1: Instagram Jelo Beats on Instagram. Rachel. Yeah, I'll I'll just
Speaker 1: up in to say you're absolutely correct. Right. There's there's
Speaker 1: two envelopes that you must use for your bout to
Speaker 1: be counted. That inner secrecy envelope that you don't write
Speaker 1: anything on your ballot goes in there, and then you
Speaker 1: steal that you put that in the outer return envelope,
Speaker 1: seal that, and then complete and sign and date that
Speaker 1: outer return envelope. And then you want to return it
Speaker 1: by mail or in person yourself, so you can't hand
Speaker 1: your bout to someone else to turn in for you
Speaker 1: to the wrong set. You know, you want to follow
Speaker 1: each of these steps to make sure that your mail
Speaker 1: ballot is counted and received timely. Did why don't you
Speaker 1: bring us home? Sure? Yeah, so anybody in the region,
Speaker 1: whether you're in Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware. Um, if
Speaker 1: you're not sure how to get registered vote, whether you're registered,
Speaker 1: how you can vote this year? If you go to
Speaker 1: sixers dot com slash vote, we have a voter or
Speaker 1: hobbit links to the websites of our partners and also
Speaker 1: the official websites for websites for how to vote in
Speaker 1: each of those states. So we just want to make
Speaker 1: it as easy as possible for people get information about
Speaker 1: how to vote this year. Well, guys, even after doing
Speaker 1: zooms for about six and a half or seven months,
Speaker 1: I feel like we accomplished something. You know, this was
Speaker 1: a relatively efficiently flowing conversation, but more importantly a significant
Speaker 1: one at that. So thank you all for participating, getting
Speaker 1: the word out and helping spread the message to get
Speaker 1: out of the vote. Thank you, Thanks big thanks to
Speaker 1: Jolly Old Beats, Rachel Boss, Eric Devan, and David Gold
Speaker 1: for all sharing their insights and information about how you
Speaker 1: can participate in one of the most important functions of
Speaker 1: our American democracy, and that is voting. And remember, the
Speaker 1: election isn't just happening on November the third, It's happening
Speaker 1: right now because of all the crazy, unprecedented circumstances surrounding
Speaker 1: COVID nineteen to the pandemic, every day is election day.
Speaker 1: November third happens to be kind of like the last day.
Speaker 1: So use this time for the next three weeks to
Speaker 1: become more informed about how to go about and vote
Speaker 1: in your respective area or state or territory. You've got
Speaker 1: the time, make a plan and go out and do it.
Speaker 1: Our vote seventy six week coverage raps on the seventy
Speaker 1: six ers podcast network feed on October thirteenth with doc rivers,
Speaker 1: Matisse Thybel and Kyle O'Quinn. And remember to listen to
Speaker 1: that chat between t Mac and Joey Crawford that is
Speaker 1: already out Thanks to Lee Carrie probably putting this episode together.
Speaker 1: I'm Brian Seltzer. Talk to you next time.