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Its been an especially common practice for me ever since the pandemic started, with my custom list of shows and films to watch growing larger the more time I spend inside. Learn more about our use of cookies and information. And they certainly weren't interested in a mail ballot. I think that you've got to give the Voting Rights Act credit for some of the change that's occurred through the South. Within months, it led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act. Whose Vote Counts, Explained isn't the only project that dives deep into the U.S. voting system on Tuesday, Amazon made available for free its original documentary All In: The Fight for. All of a sudden the possibility of inclusion began to just grow. Something went wrong. It's just, the conditions that we were faced with in 1965 no longer exist. From voter suppression to disenfranchisement, see the roadblocks that stop voices from being heard. When filling out the ballot, read the instructions carefully. As we traveled the state, we met other local officials who had similar concerns about going through with voting. Hes a former Justice Department lawyer and an architect of the Republican position on voter fraudand a frequent speaker at events like CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, where I met him last winter. Democrats tend to live in urban areas whereas Republicans live in suburban areas. The U.S. Supreme Court weighing in late, a 5-4 ruling. Whose Vote Counts, Explained is a three-part limited series that's a part of the larger Explained franchise produced by Vox. He pointed to a critical time in the early 2000s when the idea began to take off inside the George W. Bush administration. And then that's what's required for the ballot to be counted on Election Day. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Voting does matter, enormously but it makes sense that so many Americans feel that way. It is not a comprehensive list. Whose Vote Counts, Explained is documentaries on Netflix produced by Vox as Netflix special series. Its been an especially common practice for me ever since the pandemic started, with my custom list of shows and films to watch growing larger the more time I spend inside. Wisconsin is the only state stupid enough to have an election April 7. Please consider making a one-time contribution to Vox today. Why is the right to vote in America still a fight? The state of ex-felons voting rights, explained, Watch: The man who rigged Americas election maps, A Biden presidency: The Democratic nominees policy vision, explained, Yes, Russia is interfering in the 2020 election. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});After the Supreme Court struck down a provision that required some states to get clearance before changing voting laws, some states have started finding new ways to restrict voting by closing polling places, especially in communities of color. We continued to invest 14-, 16-, 18-hour workdays, all with the hope that that election ultimately would be postponed. But as we were making this series, and the election season heated up, we were surprised at the new dimensions they took. I mean, this, on the granular levelthere are multiple, dozens of lawsuits. If youre not aware of which one is which between Trump and Joe Biden, then youve got some work to do. There's another young man that won a basketball tournament last year. The April election brought it all out. But he ran into a roadblock with the Republican-controlled Legislature. I asked the Republican Party chair in Wisconsin to explain his thinking at the time, why they were so intent on in-person voting. There has been some that said, "Well, why did you wait until the last minute?" The violence was broadcast into living rooms across the country, arousing the national conscience in the same way that images of George Floyds death would 55 years later. A lot of Democrats believe you, too, should provide identification that you are who you say you are. Although a presidents term is only four years, the Supreme Court justices he or she selects serve for life, often for decades after the presidents term ends. I figured that if Im going to be constantly watching things, I might as well learn something in the process. But not every vote is created equal. Can anything change Americans minds about Donald Trump? You'll receive access to exclusive information and early alerts about our documentaries and investigations. Our goal for today is going to be getting people registered to vote, and then also having people request their absentee ballots for. For us, 80% of our voters voted by mail, 20% voted in person. For Republicans, though, this all spelled trouble. Within a year of its passage, a quarter of a million African Americans had registered to vote. I heard the expression of a present-day reality and a historical sentiment. My dad, who's a Democrat, he said, "Well, what's wrong with that? Open that door! The series does an okay job of explaining the voting system. The series is narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, Selena Gomez, and John Legend. This article relating to a non-fiction television series in the United States is a stub. Up to that point, the Department of Justice, particularly the voting section of the Department of Justice, was focused on enforcing the Voting Rights Act. Hey, how you doing? The series consists of three half-hour episodes: "The Right to Vote," "Can You Buy an Election?," and "Whose Vote Counts." The first one, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, analyzes voter suppression. I thought a lot about this idea when I paid a visit to Black Lives Matter Plaza earlier this fall. Or is this just an attempt to discourage voting and undermine our democracy? Voters who were locked out of the polls pounded on doors. New mail ballot rules, extensive publicity over how to vote correctly by mail and broadened opportunities to fix minor errors on a ballot before it was discarded worked to limit wide-scale absentee ballot rejections. Those are real hurdles for people, particularly in a pandemic. Elections arent just a measure of what parties and candidates people prefer; theyre a measure of who counts in a country. Only two states have same-day voter registration and North Dakota does not have a registration process. In a world plagued by ghosts, three teens band together as paranormal investigators, risking what little they have to unravel a diabolical conspiracy. Well, I cant do an interview right now because Ive got another one Ive got to go to. She was a leading proponent of the voter ID legislation. In Whose Vote Counts, Explained, fears about the voting process being rigged by powerful donors and corporations, gerrymandering, the . We are simultaneously faced with a global pandemic, climate change, systemic racism/inequality, and a lack of competent leadership in the White House. But its also helped energize the debate over how American citizens want the system to work. Hans von Spakovsky. that critics say have made voting harder. The violence was combined with other thingspoll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clausesto prevent Black people from voting in the Jim Crow South. I don't have the time, the resources to do any kind of comprehensive list. Simple mistakes like using the wrong color ink or not signing on the envelope can cause your ballot to be discarded. We had real conversations in my house. Your audio is fine, Jelani, on this side. And then what if somebody did get COVID, what does that look like? Voters who started lining up to vote before 7 a.m. were still lining up at midnight Tuesday. She's so vibrant. There was basically no interest. Legislators knew at the time the law was passed that some Wisconsinites didn't have those forms of ID, they knew it was on the order of several hundred thousand people and they knew that people of color were even less likely to have those kinds of ID. And then it finally came down to five voting centers for in-person voting on Election Day. But the victory belied an unsettling fact. FRONTLINE tells the story of Vladimir Putins clashes with American presidents as hes tried to rebuild the Russian empire. But the idea that absentee ballots were susceptible to widespread fraud would live on. Voting is going to be met with violent resistance, particularly in regions where there are enough Black people to actually have impacts on outcomes. When you vote folks in office, you have a say-so on what you want your community to be. In the presidential debate, he campaigned for solicited ballots, which refers to requested absentee ballots. I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear. Albert, you can see thats him right there. Some of the rejected ballots were from one neighborhood: Metcalfe Park. like Indiana, which have had photo ID laws in place now for more than six years. This is Bloody Sunday. Explain how the vote by mail process works. Butch Ellis was the county attorney. If youve been reading the news, you know that President Trump has denounced mail-in voting as a scam ahead of next months election. Rather than gossip, he focuses on how events in the entertainment world reflect on society at large. What the Republicans began in 2011 with voter ID grew and grew. Well, I got interested in this topic in the 1990s, when I was first a poll watcher. It's a lot of names on here that are pretty active in the community that we're in a relationship with. However, issues remain Texas recently decreased the number of ballot drop-off boxes to just one per county, and in California, unofficial ballot drop-off boxes have been placed throughout the state by the Republican Party. Just hours later, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt another blow to the Democratsthey would not intercede to extend the deadline for absentee ballots. That they wanted to scare people. We decided to go 100% virtual and to focus 100% on helping people cast absentee ballots. It was a giant risk because so few people had ever voted absentee in our state. How did this come to be so prominent a part of the conversation, if as you say there's been scant evidence? In fact, I thought it was completely fair to not have to risk getting COVID-19 by going to vote in person. As a divided America prepares to vote and fears of political violence continue, these FRONTLINE documentaries show how U.S. politics reached this moment. So to make sure I understand this clearly, you're saying that voter suppression does not happen in the United States? The documentary joins FRONTLINE's 'China Undercover' among this years Peabody winners. Google Pay. Why are U.S. elections so awash with cash, and what does that money buy? Americans vote at much lower rates than most other developed countries, and one of the most common reasons given is that people dont think their vote matters. With COVID-19 cases rising throughout Wisconsin, thats exactly what Melody McCurtis and her mother have been doing. Make no mistake, these voter ID laws are a poll tax. In Wisconsin, Scott Walker and the Republicans began passing a flurry of new voting laws. In places like Montgomery, Alabama, home of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. I texted our election services coordinator, Mike, and said, "Hey, dude, where are you? This series explores voter suppression, campaign spending and how the system seems to be rigged to give some groups less powers . STEPHEN STIRLING, Columbia Journalism Investigations: Sure. Why are there so many inconsistencies with voting per state? Now theyre fighting for their vote to count in the presidential election. But when I was at the Justice Department, I worked in the Civil Rights Division, and my job there was enforcing federal voting rights laws, including the Voting Rights Act. They didn't want people to go out and vote, but I know I needed to. Please enter a valid email and try again. with some people waiting five to six hours to cast their votes. A youth center leader from the suburbs of Paris becomes a candidate in the presidential election. Some states have created drop-off boxes to restore faith in the system. Look at whats going on right now! Are mail-in votes actually fraudulent? One, I'll ask you, do you think that Congressman John Lewis, who was bludgeoned in the attempt to secure the right to vote, was wrong? What would that look like for me? PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Both of us was indicted, myself and my wife, and another friend, Spencer Hogue, were indicted on 29 counts of what is called vote fraud. Good morning, folks, and thanks for joining us on this Monday, April 6. Now That Barrett Is on the Supreme Court, Should Women Start Panicking? Justin Clark, the Trump campaigns senior counsel, led the Republican strategy in Wisconsin. He also enjoys writing about current events in the entertainment landscape, and is always looking for interesting topics to cover. Maybe 50,000 votes in a state doesn't mean much to the presidential election, maybe it's an all-blue or an all-red state. if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[580,400],'studybreaks_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_2',120,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-studybreaks_com-medrectangle-4-0');The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed poll taxes and established government oversight of voter registration if an area had less than 50% non-white people registered to vote. Dir., Metcalfe Park Community Bridges: Metcalfe Park is a neighborhood in the center of Milwaukee, right in the heart. Netflix and third parties use cookies and similar technologies on this website to collect information about your browsing activities which we use to analyse your use of the website, to personalise our services and to customise our online advertisements. Three new Explained episodes on the ways our democracy is broken. The response was, "If I would have done it three weeks before it would have been the same result." Many people spent their entire evening at a voting location wondering why it was taking so long. Our family was always about activism. We're with Metcalfe Park Community Bridges. Docos as important as this should be reviewed more carefully. America ranks 26th in the world when it comes to voter turnout rates, with only 55.7% of all eligible voters participating. We accept credit card, Apple Pay, and In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Shelby County. By 1968, 385 Black people had been elected to office across the South. And on the ground, local election officials struggled to keep up. These brave, brave people who went to the polls in Milwaukee despite the pandemic. Pennsylvania gave Joe Biden the 20 Electoral College votes needed to push him over 270 and secure a presidential win. Since then, the process has become much more inclusive, but still flawed and unfair. College Vote Unpredictable Heading into Election Day. Along with colleagues at Columbia Journalism Investigations, we began doing remote interviews there when the pandemic was just taking hold. Many of the same kinds of problems showed up in other states that held elections in the months that followed. One series that caught my eye was . Especially when it comes to such a hot-button topic. Under the banner of combating voter fraud, von Spakovsky had spent years advocating for restrictions on voting, such as laws requiring photo ID in order to register or cast a ballot, outraging many Democrats. Bryan Stevenson is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, which created the National Memorial. But second, that their vote isn't diluted or stolen through administrative error or fraud. On Sept. 10, he. And we woke up the next day and I saw a sight I didn't ever imagine seeing. They have to sign, date it. The second step is to make a plan to vote and follow the appropriate procedures. I looked up Angela Lang, a source of mine who is a voting rights activist in Milwaukee. Oops. Dir., Equal Justice Initiative: The first lesson that Black people had to navigate in this country was that voting is dangerous. We apparently have only seven years left to start taking climate change seriously, so go research which candidate does and which one doesnt. Do you know the hidden messages in Call Me By Your Name? A Tribute To The Academy Awards: All Best Actor/Actress Speeches From The Beginning Of Oscars 1929-2019, Why Queen Elizabeth II Is One Of The Greatest Monarchs |, Compilation: All James Bond 007 Opening Sequences, In the 32nd Year Of His Career, Keanu Reeves Face Continues To Reign After Launching Movies Earning Over $4.3 Billion In Total, Want GUARANTEED SUCCESS? 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Castro-Huerta, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Video Gaming Her Way into Young Voters Hearts. I mean, he even made the most basic error of referring to our database, which is just a sampling of cases. There's also been a social evolution that independently of voting issues has led to better dialogue between the races and more compatibility between the races. So the potential for this to alter races around the country is absolutely on the table. And so when people say "the north side," that's really code for "Black folks." 1. So Section 5 was a very powerful tool to keep those in power from suppressing the right to vote. The 15th amendment, made following the Civil War, defends peoples right to vote from race-based discrimination but said nothing about education, economic status or criminal history. These 16 FRONTLINE documentaries offer context on some of the biggest challenges the new administration faces. Leonardo DiCaprio, Selena Gomez and John Legend lend their voices to this incisive, informative deep dive into U.S. voting. It's an African American community. Look at whats going on right now! Are mail-in votes actually fraudulent? And I don't claim that there is massive voter fraud in the United States. Sometimes people send us court judgments, convictions and other information like that. Every day we're getting alerts this changed or this changed. Downloads available on all plans except Basic with ads. Some states even allow voters to turn their ballots in at polling places on Election Day. stated mail ballots will be sent automatically to eligible registered voters in only nine states and the District of Columbia. that's what the Voting Rights Act was intended to stop, and it does. 2023 Hollywood Insider News Entertainment & Culture. Evers did, you run into a real problem because what you're doing is going toyou're necessarily going to lessen the number of people that vote because of that chaos, because of that confusion. What they would do here would be a harbinger for the coming presidential election. Heading into Election Day, a promising bloc of young voters students remains unpredictable, despite high registration rates. In Metcalfe Park our medium income is $24,000. Our series outlines some of the proposed solutions out there to make Americas democracy represent all its citizens better. More than 10% of those rejected ballots were from Milwaukee. Evers made a last-ditch attempt to postpone the election. The United States Postal Service lacks much-needed funding, leaving voters feeling uncertain about mailing their ballots. On the one hand, Obamas election was the fulfillment of the dreams of those who marched in Selma. These modes of suppression arent used by accident, its because people in power dont want citizens to vote against them, as they state in the episodes. Ninety minutes away, in suburban Oconomowoc, municipal clerk Diane Coenen explained what she tried to do to prepare her towns polling station. The crush of absentee ballot applications added chaos to an election that included not just the presidential primary but thousands of local races as well. Whose Vote Counts, Explained debuted on Netflix on September 28, 2020. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It goes back all the way to our nations infancy when voting was considered a privilege, not a right. And for him not to be counted, it justit's doing something to me. In the beginning, voting was a privilege that only white male property owners could have. For the rest of the country, voters have to request a mail-in ballot and give a reason as to why they cannot vote in person; in four states, the pandemic is not a valid reason to vote by mail. He also enjoys writing about current events in the entertainment landscape, and is always looking for interesting topics to cover. is provided by the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation. My campaign manager called and he said, "If you're in fleece and jeans," which is what I was in, "You need to put something nicer on because you're about to go on TV, and you're going to be the next justice on the Wisconsin state Supreme Court.". One of them was a closely watched contest for a seat on the state Supreme Court. All of the episodes were super busy with color and transition too fast to different scenes.. Today's decision effectively puts it on hold. Its been a roller coaster in the last few hours. But not every vote is created equal. COVID-19 cases across the state continues to climb. We talked to Hans von Spakovsky about this, and he said, "He has no idea what he's talking about. Thats about 44 million ballots not 80 million and they will be going to Republicans as well as Democrats and independents. If youre not aware of which one is which between Trump and Joe Biden, then youve got some work to do. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Im running for the Supreme Court to stop. October 20, 2020 Many people in the U.S. feel that their vote will not matter because of how politicians rig elections in favor of their party. And if there is litigation about the election in November, that litigation is going to end up at the steps of the Wisconsin state Supreme Court. Half a dozen changes after the Shelby decision. Netflix supports the Digital Advertising Alliance Principles. Take a look at how long the lines already are in Milwaukee of voters waiting to cast their ballots. With so much at stake in Wisconsin, the national parties joined the fight. The right to vote is at the foundation of America's democracy. Today's ruling means those covered states are now free from federal oversight. With Columbia Journalism Investigations and reporters from the USA TODAY NETWORK. I was born on Bloody Sunday. Voting is really on the bottom when you're dealing with life and trying to provide for you and your children. Over the coming days, Wisconsin would be skewered in the national media. At every chance he got, he was talking about voter fraud, voter fraud. The presidential primary here is a go tomorrow. Watch Whose Vote Counts, Explained Photos 7 Top cast Edit John Kasich Self - Former Governor, Republican, Ohio 3 episodes 2020 Carol Anderson Self - Author, One Person, No Vote 2 episodes 2020 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Self - U.S. Representative 2 episodes 2020 Arnold Schwarzenegger Self - Former Governor, Republican, California Hank Sanders was elected state senator in Alabama thanks to the Voting Rights Act. Unavailable on Basic with ads plan due to licensing restrictions. Here you have the governor, in the morning, to issue an order to delay the election. America is the world's oldest democracy, founded on the radical idea that governments "derive their just powers from the consent . But in many cases, this led to a Republican bias because people gerrymandered themselves. I know what I saw during the '60s. Every 10 years after the census data is collected, states redraw district lines to reflect changes in demographics. Each and every voter ID law is a real threat to voting rights in America. The long struggle came to a head in 1965 with the march from Selma to Montgomery, which the future Congressman John Lewis helped organize. I started focussing on the state because of its pivotal and deeply partisan natureits split down the middle between Republicans and Democrats, and it gave Donald Trump the presidency in 2016 by the exceedingly thin margin of 22,000 votes. Last edited on 19 November 2022, at 00:44, "Whose Vote Counts, Explained review a star-endorsed exploration of a crucial topic", "Netflix's Whose Vote Counts, Explained Review: The Grim Reality of the Voting System", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whose_Vote_Counts,_Explained&oldid=1122684721, This page was last edited on 19 November 2022, at 00:44. Of cookies and information receive access to exclusive information and early alerts about our use of and! 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