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Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard Feb. 1, 2024

By Tom Martin

Published February 1, 2024 at 10:55 AM EST

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Democracy Optimist, an election-year special series from WEKU, Eastern Standard, and Dynamix Productions, delivers expert background on election law and voting to prepare you for the 2024 general election on November 5. Hosted by University of Kentucky election law and voting research professor Joshua Douglas, Episode One features conversations with two Secretaries of State: Michigan Democrat Jocelyn Benson and Kentucky Republican Michael Adams. Benson and Adams oversee elections in their states and share lessons learned from the presidential election of 2020.

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Tom Martin

Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.

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