Early Voting Begins in Arizona

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7
PROGRAM #11292 12:00 PM PT

Early Voting Begins in Arizona. 

Arizona is opening early voting, giving voters the option to cast their ballots by mail. This election will decide the governor’s race and other top statewide offices, seats in the U.S. House, the entire state legislature, and eight ballot measures. Which races are the closest? How important is Arizona in the fight for Congress? How are denialist campaigns that cast doubt on the voting process shaping the election? And what should voters know before they cast their ballots?

Guests: Elvia Diaz, Reporter and Host of “Notas” podcast, Phoenix, AZ; Monica Sandshafer, Arizona State Director, Mi Familia Vota / Mi Familia en Acción, Phoenix, AZ.

Election Fraud Claims Resurface. Fulton County, Georgia, is once again at the center of election fraud claims circulating on some Spanish-language radio stations. Stories about “new evidence” are reviving and amplifying allegations tied to the 2020 election, even though official audits and investigations found no fraud that changed the outcome. How are these claims taking shape and spreading? What tactics do they use? Why do they keep resurfacing? And how far are they reaching into Spanish-speaking communities?

Guest: Tamoa Calzadilla, Managing Editor, “Palabra”, National Association of Hispanic Journalists-NAHJ, Miami, FL.

The Fight for the Senate. Republicans currently hold a 53–47 majority in the Senate, and until recently, few expected the chamber’s control to be seriously contested. But new polling shows tighter races in states including Texas, Ohio, and Michigan. How did the Senate become a battleground? Where could Latino voters make a difference? And which issues are likely to matter most in these races?

Guest: Ricardo Rauseo Landa, National Press Secretary, Somos Votantes and Somos PAC, New York, NY.

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