Why It Matters – Voting, Part 1

In this episode of “Roundtables on Race,” we explore the fast-moving changes to elections on the local, state and federal level with Bob Orr, an attorney and former associate justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court, and Jennifer Roberts, who served as the 58th mayor of Charlotte. Together, they have traveled the state on the Trusted Elections Tour, a bipartisan bus tour educating North Carolinians about voting rights. Together with host the Rev. Kathy Walker, they discuss why every election is the most important one; present and future challenges to voting, including the SAVE Act proposed by the U.S. Congress, recent changes to early voting in North Carolina, gerrymandering and federal interference with local elections; and how county boards of election and volunteers keep our elections free and fair.