How your county may - or may not - be helping you to vote

Jul 11, 2024

The impact that counties have on how we vote, where we vote, and even whether our vote is counted is enormous.

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The impact that counties have on how we vote, where we vote, and even whether our vote is counted is enormous. On this episode, we hear from Beth Gilbert of Action Together NEPA and In This Together NEPA, where she is the voting and elections manager, and Marian Schneider, senior policy counsel for voting rights at the ACLU of Pennsylvania. Beth and Marian describe the ways in which counties impact how elections are run and also some of the current issues with county administration of elections in Pennsylvania.

Visit actiontogethernepa.org, inthistogethernepa.org, and aclupa.org/letpeoplevote to learn more.

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