We’ve received a lot of messages from listeners in response to our recent episodes. So producer Kousha Navidar and host Kai Wright open the listener mailbag and one voicemail inspires a conversation with Dr. Carol Anderson, author of “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy,” about the efficacy of voting and what we can do beyond it. And, we take your calls about what motivates you to keep voting.

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Your Vote Matters (9/12/2022)

So why don't more people vote in smaller elections? What motivates people to vote — and how that could inform greater participation in the upcoming midterm elections?

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What Keeps You Voting?

Notes from America with Kai Wright