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Unite NY on why ballot initiatives related to voting failed

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Tim Dunn

On Election Day, a number of ballot initiatives related to voting got shot down across the country. Ranked-choice initiatives faired particularly poorly.

So why are so many citizen advocacy groups disappointed, and where do they think there’s common ground?

Tim Dunn from Unite NY explains.

Our guest:

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson." She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.