LeverAGE

LeverAGE, the newest podcast from the American Society on Aging (ASA), covers the politics of aging. On Episode 3, ASA’s president and CEO Peter Kaldes chats with Public Policy Committee Co-Chairs Amy Herr and Paul Downey and ASA’s Leanne Clark-Shirley about the DNC and RNC conventions, candidate platforms, and making a plan to vote. Then, Peter talks voting strategy and politics with Jamie Patton of Every Single Vote, a grassroots organization working tirelessly to make voting easier. Learn more about their work at https://www.everysinglevote.com/

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LeverAGE, the newest podcast from the American Society on Aging (ASA), covers the politics of aging. Episode 2 spotlights the experience of voting by mail in two states – Florida and Oklahoma. ASA’s President and CEO Peter Kaldes catches up with Leanne Clark-Shirley, VP of Programs and Thought Leadership, and then talks with Rep. Joseph Gellar (FL) and ASA’s own Claire Dowers-Nicols about what voting by mail is like where they live. Listen as we untangle what’s happening with the USPS, mail fraud, and some of the hurdles standing in the way of voting by mail this November. 

LeverAGE, the newest podcast from the American Society on Aging (ASA), is about the politics of aging. This show will focus on politics, policy, and advocacy in aging. This inaugural episode is about voting and voter suppression and features Peter Kaldes, President and CEO of ASA, Leanne Clark-Shirley, ASA's Vice President of Programs and Thought Leadership, and an interview with Hilary O. Shelton, Director to the NAACP's Washington Bureau / Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy. 

Older adults are critical to our democracy—they vote more than anyone else, volunteer for campaigns and staff our polling stations. But some in power seem to want to suppress their impact. Peter interviewed Hilary O. Shelton on August 6, which was the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. This is the law that enforces the 14th and 15th Amendments and protects citizens’ rights to vote. It prohibits any law that discriminates against racial minorities and ended literacy tests as a qualifier for casting a vote. But how are such protections holding up out in 2020? And how can we all work to fight voter suppression?