Votes for All!

Flash Forward

Today we travel to a future where voting rights are extended to lots more people in the United States including non-citizens, 16-year-olds, and convicted felons.

Guests:

• Dr. Ron Hayduk — professor of political science at San Francisco State University, and author of Democracy for All
• Ashawn Dabney-Small — candidate for Boston City Council District 3 and Vice President for the National Youth Rights Association
• Dr. Sylvia Kritzinger — a professor at the University of Vienna
• Jennifer Taylor — senior attorney at the Equal Justice Initiative.

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Flash Forward is hosted by, Rose Eveleth and produced by Julia Llinas Goodman. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky.

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