Democrats And Republicans Are In An Existential Crisis Over Ballot Access

Democrats And Republicans Are In An Existential Crisis Over Ballot Access

Today Democrats' massive elections overhaul bill is all but set to stall out in the Senate, but the party's wish-list was never expected to gain Republican support. That's because the two parties are only getting further apart on how conduct free and fair elections.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, Congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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