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"Whose Vote Counts, Explained" takes a close look at the United States' political system and attempts to get voters engaged and informed before the 2020 general election. Web Site Copyright 1995-2023 WGBH Educational Foundation. If you choose to vote by mail, make sure to follow your states procedures and request a ballot before the deadline. Folks on one side of this are constantly saying, "Oh, there's no massive voter fraud in the United States." I thought, "Im going to have some problems, how am I going to solve them?" How does the system work, and can it be fixed? A president winning the electoral college but not the popular vote has become increasingly common. But Will They Cast Ballots? 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, writes And even when they get the right, legislators (mostly white males) create laws to make it difficult if not impossible for those marginalized populations to actually cast a vote., Lets face it: this upcoming election is unlike any other. Rather than gossip, he focuses on how events in the entertainment world reflect on society at large. Actually, in my district, it is not a partisan issue. Browse more videos. Dir., Milwaukee Election Comm. Dir., Equal Justice Initiative: The first lesson that Black people had to navigate in this country was that voting is dangerous. We're here to see if you need help with registering to vote. Everything I could think of, and I started ordering it. Whose Vote Counts, Explained gives viewers important information about the history of voting in America and modern-day struggles with the ballot. Whether one plans on voting in-person, early or by mail-in ballot, it is important to decide ahead of time which method you plan on using. Netflix supports the Digital Advertising Alliance Principles. No other justices in history besides these four were nominated by presidents who lost the popular vote. It required them to get federal approval for any voting law changes. Four out of the nine justices on the court today were nominated by presidents who lost the popular vote. Do Consumers or Corporations Impact Climate Change More? Sessions denied that the case was racially motivated and insisted what the Turners did was illegal. It's not slowing down. Whose Vote Counts, Explained S01 E01. In all these states that we've looked at, studies have shown. Find out behind the scenes facts in the full commentary and In-depth analysis of the cinematic masterpiece, A Tribute To The Academy Awards: All Best Actor/Actress Speeches From The Beginning Of Oscars 1929-2019| From Rami Malek, Leonardo DiCaprio To Marlon Brando & Beyond | From Olivia Colman, Meryl Streep To Bette Davis & Beyond, Why Queen Elizabeth II Is One Of The Greatest Monarchs |Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of United Queendom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Compilation: All James Bond 007 Opening SequencesFrom 1962 Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, In the 32nd Year Of His Career, Keanu Reeves Face Continues To Reign After Launching Movies Earning Over $4.3 Billion In Total John Wick, Toy Story 4, Matrix, And Many More, Want GUARANTEED SUCCESS? At every chance he got, he was talking about voter fraud, voter fraud. 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. And then at the end of the day the state Supreme Court says, "This election will continue.". If you want to register by mail, a required copy of your ID or a copy of your energy bill or a copy of your bank statement. As the country has become more divided, fraud and voter suppression have become part of each party's get-out-the-vote mechanism and inspiration and motivation to get its voters out. The long struggle came to a head in 1965 with the march from Selma to Montgomery, which the future Congressman John Lewis helped organize. Just hours later, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt another blow to the Democratsthey would not intercede to extend the deadline for absentee ballots. They absolutely do not exist. Do you know the hidden messages in Call Me By Your Name? Walker took office. Now Wisconsin Voters Are Trying to Make Sure Their Ballots Count, Students Registered. It would take a week for election officials to tally the ballots. For the three episodes in this series, "The Right to Vote," "Can You Buy an Election . Dir., Black Leaders Organizing for Communities: Milwaukee is incredibly segregated. Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation. Scott Walker led an onslaught of voting changes in the state. The violence that takes place, the trauma that takes place, the lynching that takes place, the mass migration of Black people from the Deep South to the North and the West that takes place, which will also have political implications, it's all a result of this violent opposition to allowing Black people to vote. But when our reporting team examined it, we found it included misleading and overstated information, charges that von Spakovsky said are false. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. 2023 Hollywood Insider News Entertainment & Culture. 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. Hank Sanders was elected state senator in Alabama thanks to the Voting Rights Act. I asked the Republican Party chair in Wisconsin to explain his thinking at the time, why they were so intent on in-person voting. We are simultaneously faced with a global pandemic, climate change, systemic racism/inequality, and a lack of competent leadership in the White House. The judge said we can't do this, now the judge says we can do that. The final margin was over 10 points, and if someone had told me before the election that we were going to win by more than 10 points, I would have told them they were absolutely crazy. Although the registration date has passed in most states, some have same-day registration. Along with colleagues at Columbia Journalism Investigations, we began doing remote interviews there when the pandemic was just taking hold. The Democratic National Committee filed one of several lawsuits to make absentee voting easier, seeking to loosen requirements like voter ID and witness signatures, things that historically have been obstacles, especially for people of color. Voters who were locked out of the polls pounded on doors. Butch Ellis was the county attorney. If the lies told by the Commander in Chief arent enough. She was a leading proponent of the voter ID legislation. Today's decision apparently clears the way for several high-profile laws to take effect, including stricter voter ID requirements, in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. More and more Black Americans were registering to vote, and both parties agreed that voting should be easy. It was a financial burden, it was a practical burden and it was an unnecessary burden. Dir., Milwaukee Election Comm., 2012-20: I would say profound disappointment. Explain how the vote by mail process works. Many of the same kinds of problems showed up in other states that held elections in the months that followed. Something went wrong. Voting is really on the bottom when you're dealing with life and trying to provide for you and your children. When filling out the ballot, read the instructions carefully. 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. ANGELA LANG, Exec. There has been for some number of years a virus in the Republican Party about wild claims of voter fraud and the need for suppressive laws. If the person is registered to vote, why is it unfair to send them a ballot? It happened in 2000 in the race between Al Gore and George W. Bush, and again in 2016 when President Trump lost the popular vote by roughly 3 million votes. The unsolicited ballots refer to the ones sent, to registered voters in nine different states, as well as Washington DC. Every state runs its own election process, and as Wisconsin was moving forward, others were pulling back. Leonardo DiCaprio, Selena Gomez and John Legend lend their voices to this incisive, informative deep dive into U.S. voting. 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? Pennsylvania gave Joe Biden the 20 Electoral College. In the third episode of Whose Vote Counts, Explained, leading experts discuss the effects of the electoral college and how it misrepresents the American people. Make no mistake, these voter ID laws are a poll tax. If youre not aware of which one is which between Trump and Joe Biden, then youve got some work to do. And so when people say "the north side," that's really code for "Black folks." ANDREW HITT, Chmn., Republican Party of WI: We believed that with the right amount of preparation, we could hold a safe election. I'm not going to feed into what they want us to do, which is not vote. Netflixs recently released a docu-series made by Vox called Whose Vote Counts, Explained in late September 2020. By submitting your email, you agree to our, Whose vote counts, the Netflix series, explained, A new Supreme Court case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground. MARC E. ELIAS, Attorney, Democratic Party: The DNC filed the initial lawsuit when it became clear that there were going to be serious problems with availability for voting. Well guide you through requesting an absentee ballot online. Americans vote at much. Report. A lawyer turned private investigator takes on a missing person case, propelling him on an unexpected and life-altering quest. Can we count on you to remind three friends to return their absentee ballots before Election Day? Well, I cant do an interview right now because Ive got another one Ive got to go to. Please consider making a one-time contribution to Vox today. With the election underway, I interviewed both candidates. Untangling fears about the voting process being rigged by powerful donors and corporations, gerrymandering, the Electoral College, voter suppression, fraud at the ballot box, and the ways votes. States that were notorious for voter suppression now had to get federal approval if they wanted to change any laws regarding voting. But not every vote is created equal. Why should Meade and others like him have had to lobby the government to let them vote? Joel Keller from Deciderwrites And even when they get the right, legislators (mostly white males) create laws to make it difficult if not impossible for those marginalized populations to actually cast a vote., Related article: MUST WATCH Hollywood InsidersCEO Pritan Ambroases Love Letter to Black Lives Matter VIDEO. Leonardo DiCaprio, Selena Gomez and John Legend lend their voices to this incisive, informative deep dive into U.S. voting. We talked to Hans von Spakovsky about this, and he said, "He has no idea what he's talking about. FRONTLINE tells the story of Vladimir Putins clashes with American presidents as hes tried to rebuild the Russian empire. On the one hand, Obamas election was the fulfillment of the dreams of those who marched in Selma. Every so often, I like to browse the Netflix menu and add things to my list to save for later. Running for office is expensive, but deep pockets alone can't secure a win. Now we'd come with the 1965 Voting Rights Act, they couldn't deny it outright, so you find ways to try to suppress it. Look who got rejected. States across the country have postponed their primary elections because of the coronavirus pandemic, but not Wisconsin. We found the names of residents who had their ballots rejected and showed them to Melody and Danell. Open that door! 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. JELANI COBB: I've been studying American elections for years, but I've never seen anything. 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. As the legal battles worked their way through the courts, judges ruled against the Democrats' position one decision after another. But not every vote is created equal. Look who, right there. Can anything change Americans minds about Donald Trump? In the April primary, these Wisconsin voters faced barriers to casting their ballots. People steal them out of mailboxes. The violence was combined with other thingspoll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clausesto prevent Black people from voting in the Jim Crow South. BRYAN STEVENSON, Exec. I dont know that Ive seen anything as reckless and irresponsible with the public health, Bernie Sanders saying holding this election amid the coronavirus outbreak is dangerous. These brave, brave people who went to the polls in Milwaukee despite the pandemic. In the new documentary short from Vox, "Whose Vote Counts, Explained," Leonardo DiCaprio narrates the history of voting rights in America while also highlighting the struggles many Americans face while attempting to vote. Take a look at how long the lines already are in Milwaukee of voters waiting to cast their ballots. But here's the problem: When you try to fundamentally alter a system by which people vote right before an election like Gov. We have the space and time for all your stories. 1. How can the system be fixed? Seeing the White House behind a chain-link fence, the fence itself a memorial to African Americans killed by police, made me think about the connections between Wisconsin, the countrys history of disenfranchisement and the coronavirus. You can read our recap of the show's previous one-off special episode by clicking these words. It does a great job of misleading the viewer with out-of-context statistics. And it was just not justified by the facts. Learning about the different ways politicians suppress voting could leave viewers discouraged, but knowing how far we have come could also be empowering. Well, basically they felt it was important to have the election. All of a sudden the possibility of inclusion began to just grow. Then we talked about reducing those to 45. When marginalized people show up at polling places, the status quo changes. It goes back all the way to our nations infancy when voting was considered a privilege, not a right. We believe in peaceful/non-violent protests and I would like to request the rest of media to focus on 95% of the protests that are peaceful and working effectively with positive changes happening daily. Here you have the governor, in the morning, to issue an order to delay the election. I know what I saw during the '60s. Follow. Please enter a valid email and try again. What specifically did they say in response to those proposals? Why are there so many inconsistencies with voting per state? Against this backdrop, Republicans, led by President Trump, have been relentlessly attacking absentee ballots. In 2010, Republicans swept the midterm elections. Or is this just an attempt to discourage voting and undermine our democracy? She's one of the fanciest ladies in the neighborhood and all of this. It's considered one of the most important pieces of Civil Rights legislation ever passed, but by 5 to 4, the U.S. Supreme Court today took the teeth out of a law enacted nearly 50 years ago. What did they say? Wait a minute, wait a minute. He worked around the clock to get the state government to allow ex-cons to vote. As we look at this, the projected numbers of absentee ballots that are rejected are higher than the margin of victory for the president in Michigan and in 2016. Sanjay Leela Bhansali brings his majestic signature flair to stories of love and betrayal in the lives of courtesans in pre-independence India. 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. Trump and Others Disagree. Albert, you can see thats him right there. You can watch all three episodes over on Netflix, launching on Monday, September 28. And then the witness signs, provides their address as well. There's another young man that won a basketball tournament last year. Voting for candidates that are closest aligned to your ideals is the way to use your power as a citizen to fight against this suppression. And I said to them, "I don't know that we have a path to win this election. that's what the Voting Rights Act was intended to stop, and it does. The Electoral College. It was really my job as chairman of the party to make sure that all the rules were followed, that we preserved the integrity of our vote, because changing things at the last minute, changing the laws on the fly, can lead to so many problems. Many voters are concerned about how they can safely vote and make sure their vote is counted. The visuals from Vox are incredible and well . We apparently have only, left to start taking climate change seriously, so go research which candidate does and which one doesnt. They can immediately change their voting laws and their procedures without having to come here to Washington to get approval first. Many people in the U.S. feel that their vote will not matter because of how politicians rig elections in favor of their party. The topics of these episodes have been coming to a head in recent years. Transcript Whose Vote Counts View film JELANI COBB, Correspondent: I'm a journalist and historian. I heard the expression of a present-day reality and a historical sentiment. Voting is mandatory and those who do not may be fined or have to go to court. And for him not to be counted, it justit's doing something to me. On Sept. 10, he. . 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