Closer Look: Super Tuesday; Voters; StoryCorps; And More

Rose Scott and Jim Burress take a “Closer Look” at Super Tuesday on today’s show.

Note: As part of WABE’s Super Tuesday coverage, Closer Look revisits some of its recent interviews with groups representing various voting populations. In today’s show hosts Rose Scott and Jim Burress speak to leaders in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, Latino, LGBT and those working to get more women involved in local elections.

  • 0:00: Old Fourth Ward resident Stephanie Saxon talks about voting trouble at her precinct;
  • 3:00: Elizabeth Poythress, president of the League of Women Voters of Georgia, and Kelli Persons, the organization’s program manager, discuss issues important to women in the presidential election;
  • 14:46: Allen Fox, director of Georgia Republicans for the Future, and Ronald Cato, member and chairman of the Georgia State University Republicans, discuss minority support of the Republican party;
  • 28:27: Candace Wheeler talks about a judge’s ruling in Apple’s favor and #SuperTuesday in today’s “Trending” segment;
  • 31:05: Simon Rogers with Google Elections talks about what Georgians are looking for online in relation to the election;
  • 36:41: Stephanie Cho, interim executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, discusses the presidential campaign and issues important to local Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;
  • 48:15: Safia Jama, who works at a refugee resettlement and resource organization, speaks with coworker Sarah McCormick about what she’s learned on her path from being a refugee to resettling others on this week’s episode of “StoryCorps Atlanta”;
  • 52:34: Jerry Gonzalez, executive director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, and Chris Perlera, community outreach director of the Georgia Young Republicans, discuss the Latino vote in the presidential primary.