What You Need to Know About Voting By Mail
Topics Discussed:
Biden Sexual Assault Accusation (3:01)
Easter Weekend Severe Weather (20:23)
CARES Act Update (21:19)
Celebrating Local Leaders (23:25)
Wisconsin Election (29:17)
2020 Election Ramifications (23:26)
Voting By Mail (34:32)
Outside of Politics (49:15)
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Episode Resources:
Examining Tara Reade’s Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden (The New York Times)
Sexual assault allegation by former Biden Senate aide emerges in campaign, draws denial (The Washington Post)
The Pandemic's First Wave (The Washington Post)
Celebrating Local Leaders:
Meet the doctor who ordered the Bay Area’s coronavirus lockdown, the first in the U.S. (The Mercury News)
Federal policy says students must pick up school meals in person. (The Washington Post)
Del. Roem Advocates for Increased Access to School Meals (Bristow Beat)
Voting By Mail and the 2020 Election
Could the 2020 Election Be Postponed? Only With Great Difficulty. Here’s Why. (The New York Times)
The Resilient Elections During Quarantines and Natural Disasters Act of 2020
Absentee Voting Rules (Rock the Vote)
Time to Prepare for Voting by Mail (George Mason University)
Wisconsin shows the need for nationwide preparations to vote by mail in November (AEI)
All This Talk of Voter Fraud? Across U.S., Officials Found Next to None (The New York Times)
Trump Is Pushing a False Argument on Vote-by-Mail Fraud. Here Are the Facts. (The New York Times)
Why Republicans Are So Afraid of Vote-by-Mail (The New York Times)
Trump’s wild claims of voter fraud blow back on campaign aide (Politico)
Closing Poem by Allison Gill
What if I don’t want to be brave anymore?
But what about all the hospital employees who are still being brave?
What if I don’t want to figure out the best method of PPE use without much guidance?
But what about all of my colleagues who are doing the same?
What if the tickle in my throat kills my patient?
But what if my knowledge and skills save them?
What if I don’t want to worry about making my family sick anymore?
But what about keeping my patients out of the hospital so it’s available if my family or anyone else who needs it?
What if I don’t want an army veteran to thank me for my service?
But he was brave, shouldn’t I be too?
What if I don’t want to wash my hands raw anymore?
But my hands are helping people.
What if I don’t want to have a panic attack alone in my car in the middle of a work day?
But I am young and healthy and older more at risk professionals are still doing their jobs.
What if I don’t want to suffocate under this mask that I can’t take off because it’s my only one for the day?
But I have the equipment I need to stay safe.
What if I don’t want to send my daughter to emergency daycare anymore, putting her older teachers at risk?
But they’re taking care of her so I can take care of patients in the community.
What if I don’t want to worry anymore?
But I can help, even if it’s only a little.
What if I don’t want to be brave anymore?