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Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard March 7th, 2024

By Tom Martin
Published March 7, 2024 at 10:50 AM EST
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The Eastern Standard series "Democracy Optimist" explores election law and voting

Episode Two of the Eastern Standard series "Democracy Optimist" connects the importance of local elections which also will appear on the November ballot to the daily lives of voters. Hosted by University of Kentucky election law and voting research professor and author Joshua Douglas, this edition features conversations with Richard Young, founding director of CivicLex, and Jennifer Huseman, editorial director of the non-profit newsroom VoteBeat.org.

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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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