12 years after Bush v. Gore, how has voting changed?

by Brand & Martínez

21292 full — A paper ballot lays in a private voting booth at a polling station. Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images

This election is expected to come down to a handful of swing states, including Florida. Ever since 2000 - Florida has had a special significance in presidential elections.

Who can forget that month after the November election when no one knew who was going to be president? That was when the nation learned just how important a hanging chad could be.

Nearly 12 years later - what has changed? Did we learn anything from the Florida chaos? Could this election again reveal that we don't have a fair and objective means of counting votes?

Law expert Richard Hasen joins the show. He teaches at UC Irvine and his new book is called The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown.

About Brand & Martínez

Brand & Martínez, exclusively on 89.3 KPCC, 89.1 KUOR and 90.3 KVLA, captures the spirit of the West in a conversational, informal, witty style and examines the cultural issues people are buzzing about. Hosted by Madeleine Brand and A Martínez, and produced by Kristen Muller, Steve Proffitt and Sanden Totten, the show includes regular segments like Weird L.A. - highlighting a person, place or thing that you've never heard about, but probably should; Parenting on the Edge - a weekly discussion on the challenges and pitfalls of raising kids; as well as regular contributors like Luke Burbank, Rico Gagliano, Brendan Newnam and John Moe to help dissect culture, technology and business news.