Multi-Cultural Election in time of COVID19

Reporting on the 2020 election was unique, and the guests from Local Talk could give us reports on exactly how it unfolded.  Co-host Gina McAndrews was an election worker who explained how the mandatory training was held on ZOOM, calls to get out the vote were organized by computer programs, and the massive numbers of mail-in ballots and early voting greatly reduced the lines at the polls on election day.  Brett Barker, chair of the Story County Republicans, and Madalyn Anderson, chair of Story County Democrats, described campaigning with limited physical contact. Shifting to the importance of people of color, we had reports from Joe Enrique Henry, chair of LULAC (League of Latin American Citizens of Iowa), Al Womble, chair of Black Democratic Caucus, and Awein Majik informal organizer of Sudanese voters.