This week Matter of Fact focuses on the campaign season. We travel to Pennsylvania to see how the state is preparing new election workers ahead of November, after experiencing high turnover. Plus, advocates in Ohio say unfairly drawn district maps are weakening some people’s votes. And, a cartoonist tries to bridge the political divide through his drawings.
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July 26, 2020In the 2020 presidential primary, six women launched campaigns for the White House within ...
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