Get ready to fill out those ballots and locate those polling places because it’s election season! Hot on the heels of the 2024 presidential election, Chase and Shannon have all the hot gos and even hotter deets on voting rights. Our right to a fair democracy has come a long way…or has it? Join your lovely hosts to find out! (Episode recorded June 2024)

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