Sprouts: Local Rejection of the Radical Right

Election Reporting 2024: Wading into local rejection of radical right political movements.

WSLR reports on far right candidates for the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board, who were trounced late last month by moderate republicans in the Sarasota Florida Republican primaries – eliminating from the republican slate all the anti mask and anti vax conservatives vying for seats on the board. The big issue there is privatization of public hospitals.

WORT interviews attendees and organizers at a tiny gathering of the Charlie Kirk Youre Being Brainwashed national tour stop at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

We bring you all you need to know about how to vote and why, with the League of Women Voters in Troy, New York.
KEPW in Eugene attends a lecture from former US Congressman Peter DeFazio, speaking on the seven filters in the US Constitution that limit democracy.

And well also hear from the American Democracy Minute, with a look at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxtons efforts to limit voter registration there.


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