WEBVTT - Introducing: Turnout with Katie Couric

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<v Speaker 1>I'm excited to actually be able to take part in

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<v Speaker 1>voting for the election, the first presidential election I get

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<v Speaker 1>to vote on, so I'm looking forward to it. My

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<v Speaker 1>vote can make a big difference. Our country is in

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<v Speaker 1>our hands voting. We're supposed to know how this works,

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<v Speaker 1>right after all, it's the cornerstone of our democracy. At

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<v Speaker 1>the ballot box, everyone has to say. Regardless of how

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<v Speaker 1>you vote, I urge each of you to vote. In

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<v Speaker 1>the democracy. The right to vote is the most powerful,

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<v Speaker 1>non voluntary we have. All of us in America heavy

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<v Speaker 1>duty to vote. Vote. But the reality of how voting

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<v Speaker 1>works in America and who gets to do it is

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<v Speaker 1>not as fair or clear cut as we like to

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<v Speaker 1>tell ourselves. Long lines and confusion at polling places as

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<v Speaker 1>are members of the Turtle Mountain tribe were turned away

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<v Speaker 1>from the pools into tonight. A backlog of undelivered mail

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<v Speaker 1>is piling up in post offices. And I'm Katie Curic,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is Turnout, a podcast to exploring America's voting record.

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<v Speaker 1>As long as there's been a right to vote, there

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<v Speaker 1>have been ways to suppress it, and over the years

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<v Speaker 1>those tactics have gotten a little sneakier and harder to find,

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<v Speaker 1>but not impossible. So this fall we're going to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about it, talk about the ways voters have been kept

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<v Speaker 1>out of the system and how to ensure that everyone

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<v Speaker 1>can participate in our democracy. Turn Out launches October one.

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<v Speaker 1>Find it on the I Heart radio app, Apple podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Oh and

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<v Speaker 1>in the meantime, check your voter registration to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>you can vote on November three. I'd come here to

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<v Speaker 1>urge every person under the sound of my boss to

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<v Speaker 1>go to the polls on the third of November and

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<v Speaker 1>vote