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Tonight's #AmericanSwamp (9PM ET on @MSNBC) is all about how screwed up our voting system is.
This episode is one of my favorites.
I've said it before here, but I'm obsessed with elections and own two historic voting machines.
Here's one.
@MSNBC Here's the other one.
It's a punch card "hanging chad" voting machine from Palm Beach County in 2000.
When @KatyTurNBC and I were on @colbertlateshow talking #AmericanSwamp, Stephen wanted to talk about this (and how weird it is?) but we ran out of time. See photo behind couch.
@MSNBC @KatyTurNBC @colbertlateshow Fun fact: before I was a journalist I was an election reform advocate and went around the country asking politicians if they know why we vote on Tuesday (most don't, and there's no good reason).
I gave this Ted Talk about it.
#AmericanSwamp
On Election Night 2018 I reported live from Orange County, CA — one of USA’s biggest and most consequential election jurisdictions.
Yeah, yeah, the alarm went off, but I promise it’s not because I breached any type of election security.
#AmericanSwamp
All that to say I'm stoked about tonight's #AmericanSwamp.
@KatyTurNBC and I went from NY to DC to NC to GA to explore ways our "democracy" doesn't represent everyone and how to fix it.
With @staceyabrams @EricHolder @MsLaToshaBrown @TheMLKIII and more.
9ET. @MSNBC. /thread
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