The Voting Booth
AEI Podcasts
AEI’s John Fortier and EAC Commissioner Don Palmer pull back the curtain of the Voting Booth to reveal the inner workings of elections. They are joined by Secretaries of State, local election officials, scholars, and lawyers to examine the issues leading the 2024 elections.
Episodes
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Aug 7, 2024 • 41min
How the EAC Helps Keep Elections Accessible and Smoothly Run (with EAC Commissioner Thomas Hicks)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by U.S. Election Assistance Commission Commissioner Thomas Hicks.Show Notes:National Poll Worker Recruitment Day
Jul 23, 2024 • 38min
How Does a Candidate Dropping Out Affect the Administration of Elections? (with John Fortier and Don Palmer)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer discuss how President Biden's dropping out of the presidential election affects the administration of the 2024 elections.
Jul 22, 2024 • 51min
Reviewing the Supreme Court’s Decisions in the NetChoice Cases and Murthy v. Missouri (with Former FEC Commissioner Brad Smith)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Bradley A. Smith, Chairman and Founder of the Institute for Free Speech and former Federal Election Commission Commissioner.
Jun 18, 2024 • 46min
Running Elections After Bush v. Gore (with Ron Turner, Supervisor of Elections in Sarasota County, FL)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Ron Turner, Supervisor of Elections in Sarasota County, Florida.
Jun 4, 2024 • 34min
Building an Elections Encyclopedia (with Ballotpedia Editor-in-Chief Geoff Pallay)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Geoff Pallay, Director of Editorial Content and Editor-in-Chief at Ballotpedia.
May 21, 2024 • 32min
Fortifying Voter Trust and Confidence in Elections (with Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State of Georgia.
May 7, 2024 • 46min
HAVA and the Beginning of the Election Assistance Commission (with Doug Lewis)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Doug Lewis, Former Executive Director of The Election Center.
Apr 16, 2024 • 42min
Running an Election: An Hour-by-Hour Look (with Genya Coulter)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Genya Coulter, Senior Director, Stakeholder Relations & Social Media at the OSET Institute.
Apr 2, 2024 • 37min
Looking at National Trends in Election Administration (with Wendy Underhill)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Wendy Underhill, Director of Elections and Redistricting at the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Mar 19, 2024 • 35min
Recapping the Supreme Court's Decision in Trump v. Anderson (with Edward Foley)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Edward Foley (Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law at the Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law) to recap the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Anderson.
