Ballot Box Briefing
The Ballot Box Briefing is a weekly segment on Sirius XM’s The Briefing, that examines the issues and storylines at the heart of running an efficient and accurate election. Guests include election administrators, local, state, and federal officials, cybersecurity experts, legal analysts, and members of BPC’s Democracy Program.
Episodes
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Rachel Orey joined the Ballot Box Briefing to discuss findings from the first 50-state analysis of local election official turnover. In partnership with scholars at UCLA, BPC's new report finds that turnover has been steadily increasing for two decades across the country, but also underscores that the elections workforce is well-prepared to administer safe and secure elections in 2024.
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Kim Wyman joined the Ballot Box Briefing to talk about the election security environment in 2024 and efforts underway in jurisdictions across the country to defend against threats to our voting systems.
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Author Ken Block talked about his new book “Disproven” detailing his work for the Trump campaign investigating allegations of voter fraud in the days after the 2020 presidential election.
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On the heels of Super Tuesday, BPC’s Michael Thorning joined the show to discuss the presidential primary process and how it differs from congressional primaries, as well as how political incentives are hindering bipartisanship in Congress.
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Katie Harbath is co-author of a new BPC survey exploring who voters trust for election-related information. On this week’s Ballot Box Briefing, she delves into the survey’s findings, including the prevalence of television and social media as information sources, concerns about misinformation, and Americans’ confidence in the integrity of our elections.
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In this episode, Pennsylvania’s top election official Al Schmidt talked about election security and counteracting election misinformation.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger discusses election security in his state, the growing impact of AI in political campaigns, and the infamous phone call from President Trump after the 2020 election.
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Episode 4 features a conversation with Colorado’s Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold just one day after the Supreme Court heard oral argument on whether former President Trump should be removed from her state’s general election ballot.
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In Episode 3, Derek Tisler from the Brennan Center for Justice talks about the resources elections officials need to keep elections systems current, the importance of paper ballots, and how election officials are preparing for the presidential election.
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David Scanlan provides an update from the ground on New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, the investigation into possible AI-generated robocalls targeting Granite State voters, and reasons to trust in the electoral process.