Ballot examines the psychological \, cultural\, and political significance of voting in an increasingly anti -voting climate. Armed with her personal experiences as a poll worker\, el ectoral organizer\, and activist\, Anjali Enjeti unspools a timely narrati ve about the precarious state of the ballot during one of the most tumultu ous political eras in US history\, and recounts the astonishing events lea ding up to the 2024 presidential election.
\nEnjeti lays out the gro wing challenges for voters in battleground states\, where right-wing legis latures have introduced staggering numbers of voter suppression bills and redrawn district lines\, all to disenfranchise as many Black and other mar ginalized voters as possible. As her account of the history and stakes of election integrity shows\, the aftershocks of the Capitol insurrection on January 6\, 2021 have manifested most egregiously on the four corners of t he ballot.
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Anjali Enjeti is a journali st\, activist\, poll worker\, and former attorney based near Atlanta. She is the author of Southbound: Essays on Identity\, Inheritance\, and So cial Change\, and The Parted Earth\, a novel. Her third book\, Ba llot\, tells the story of voting and voting rights from her perspecti ve as a Georgia voter who volunteered for the campaigns of Jon Ossoff\, St acey Abrams\, Reverend Raphael Warnock\, and others. Her writing has appea red in The Truthout\, Los Angeles Times\, Boston Globe\, Harp er&rsquo\;s Bazaar\, Oxford American\, and elsewhere. She teaches cre ative writing in the MFA programs at Antioch University in Los Angeles and Reinhardt University in Waleska\, Georgia.
\n\nModerator Nneka M. Okona is an Atlanta-based journalist\, author and grief worker. H er work focuses on Black history\, travel\, food and wider Black culture i n relation to place. Find Nneka's journalism work in publications like Nat ional Geographic\, The Guardian\, Condé\; Nast Traveler\, Bon Appeti t and Food &\; Wine. Her first book\, Self-Care for Grief: Healing Duri ng Times of Loss was published by Simon &\; Schuster imprint Adams Medi a in 2021.
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