Nick Reed PODCAST: 01.18.22 - Ballot ID Requirements, Ballot Drop Boxes, and MORE.

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 3:05 p.m.

Hour 3 -  Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including: Jill Biden says she took on a “healing role because we’ve faced so much as a nation.” The Salt Lake City Tribune editorial board published an editorial on Saturday that called on the Utah governor to use the National Guard to prevent unvaccinated citizens from going anywhere. A poll in Michigan shows that three-quarters of the battleground state voters supported ballot ID requirements, with black voters expressing the highest support at 79%. A Wisconsin judge ruled Thursday that ballot drop boxes and ballot harvesting cannot be used in the midterm elections because “there is no statutory authority” for the practices. The Michigan Democratic Party wrote on social media “Not sure where this ‘parents-should-control-what-is-taught-in-schools-because-they-are-our-kids’ is originating, but parents do have the option to choose to send their kids to a hand-selected private school at their own expense if this is what they desire. The purpose of a public education in a public school is not to teach kids only what parents want them to be taught. It is to teach them what society needs them to know. The client of the public school is not the parent, but the entire community, the public[.]” The post has since been deleted. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) underreported the number of people who died from COVID-19 in long-term care facilities by 30%, according to a report from the state's auditor general.