Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
With voter interest at an all-time high, election officials in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. are bracing for record turnout. Dozens of election officials from across the world will be in town to take notes and observe the nuts and bolts of the American voting process during the expected frenzy. From electronic voting machines to rules prohibiting political t-shirts in polling places, we get international and local perspectives on election day.
Guests
- Mike DeBonis "Loose Lips" Columnist, Washington City Paper
- Rokey W. Suleman General Registrar, Office of Elections, Fairfax County (VA)
- Kim Keenan Incoming head of the DC Bar Association. Representative of the Election Protection Coalition, an umbrella group monitoring polling across the country
- Stephanie Kaye Reporter, WAMU 88.5
- Jamie Dettmer Director of Communications, IFES
- Johann Kriegler Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa (1994-2003); member, Independent Review Commission on Post-Election violence in Kenya
- Carlos Valenzuela United Nations Chief Technical Adviser, National Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (2006-2007); United Nations Chief Electoral Officer, Liberia (1997), East Timor (2000-2002), Palestine (2002-2004) and Iraq (2004-2005)
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