Fair Voting on the Ballot with Deb Otis

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

How can we improve U.S. elections to ensure that every vote truly counts? Sharon McMahon talks with Deb Otis from FairVote about solutions like proportional representation and ranked choice voting. Want to vote for a third party candidate but worried it’s a wasted vote? There’s a way to change that, and it’s on the ballot in some states November 5th! Deb shares her thoughts on reforms that could lead to nicer politicians, and more choices for voters. Credits: Host and Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks Audio Producer: Craig Thompson To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.9	The florist. She's automating invoices on the go so she can spend more movie about that really big shark. No, not her. The florist.
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0:56.0	Hey friends, welcome.
0:58.0	Delighted to have you with me today. We are talking about a couple of important election-related topics.
1:03.9	And no, this is not about who you should vote for, which candidate is better.
1:07.7	This is about actual elections.
1:10.1	I am very excited to be joined by Deb Otis,
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