Speaker 1: I'm excited to actually be able to take part in
Speaker 1: voting for the election, the first presidential election I get
Speaker 1: to vote on, so I'm looking forward to it. My
Speaker 1: vote can make a big difference. Our country is in
Speaker 1: our hands voting. We're supposed to know how this works,
Speaker 1: right after all, it's the cornerstone of our democracy. At
Speaker 1: the ballot box, everyone has to say. Regardless of how
Speaker 1: you vote, I urge each of you to vote. In
Speaker 1: the democracy. The right to vote is the most powerful,
Speaker 1: non voluntary we have. All of us in America heavy
Speaker 1: duty to vote. Vote. But the reality of how voting
Speaker 1: works in America and who gets to do it is
Speaker 1: not as fair or clear cut as we like to
Speaker 1: tell ourselves. Long lines and confusion at polling places as
Speaker 1: are members of the Turtle Mountain tribe were turned away
Speaker 1: from the pools into tonight. A backlog of undelivered mail
Speaker 1: is piling up in post offices. And I'm Katie Curic,
Speaker 1: and this is Turnout, a podcast to exploring America's voting record.
Speaker 1: As long as there's been a right to vote, there
Speaker 1: have been ways to suppress it, and over the years
Speaker 1: those tactics have gotten a little sneakier and harder to find,
Speaker 1: but not impossible. So this fall we're going to talk
Speaker 1: about it, talk about the ways voters have been kept
Speaker 1: out of the system and how to ensure that everyone
Speaker 1: can participate in our democracy. Turn Out launches October one.
Speaker 1: Find it on the I Heart radio app, Apple podcast,
Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Oh and
Speaker 1: in the meantime, check your voter registration to make sure
Speaker 1: you can vote on November three. I'd come here to
Speaker 1: urge every person under the sound of my boss to
Speaker 1: go to the polls on the third of November and
Speaker 1: vote