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Show Notes
Today's headlines: Election Day is here - 16.7 billion dollars has been spent on it, with almost 8 of those billions alone being spent on niche state and local races. Republican officials and candidates in at least 3 battleground states have been pushing to disqualify thousands of mail ballots In Pennsylvania; In Michigan, the republican nominee for Secretary of State sued an election official in Detroit; in Wisconsin, Republicans won a court ruling that will prevent some mail ballots from being counted. And finally for today, Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin made the first open admission that he had interfered in the US elections in the past.
Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:
- Bloomberg: Spending on US Midterm Elections to Exceed $16.7 Billion, Setting New Record
- Detroit News: U.S. Supreme Court dismisses Michigan redistricting challenge to Congress map
- Washington Post: Republicans sue to disqualify thousands of mail ballots in swing states
- Reuters: Russia's Prigozhin admits interfering in U.S. elections
Host: Sami Sage
Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz
Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson
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