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10:00Election Day Preparedness

New voter registrations have soared nationwide, but so have questions about how some states are verifying eligibility. An update on registration controversies, provisional ballot rules, and other challenges as polling places prepare for what may be a record turnout on Election Day.

Guests

Doug Chapin, director, Electionline.org at the Pew Center on the States

Eliza Newlin Carney, contributing editor, The National Journal

Mary Pat Flaherty, reporter, Washington Post

Jennifer Brunner, Secretary of State, Ohio

11:00Brenda Wineapple "White Heat" (Knopf)

The reclusive Emily Dickinson sent letters and poems to a Massachusetts writer and abolitionist for more than thirty years. After her death, he played a key role in revealing Dickinson’s poetic genius to the world. The story and legacy of their unlikely and enduring friendship.

Guests

Brenda Wineapple, is the author of "Genet," "Sister Brother," and "Hawthorne. Her essays appear in many publications, including "The New York Times Book Review" and "The Nation."

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