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Voter turnout in the 2008 primaries is at an all time high with young people registering to vote in unprecedented numbers. After two presidential elections with widespread voter disenfranchisement and many, including Ohio election officials, reporting that Ohio's voting system remains flawed - will every vote get counted this year?

Live From Main Street's Columbus town hall is a weeklong virtual town hall series that kicked-off on September 29. Content includes live chats, short investigative documentaries, one-on-one interviews and more. Topics include: fights around voter registration, youth organizing, voter suppression, unreliable electronic voting machines and how not to get turned away at the polls.

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Live From Main Street is a tour of the U.S. in Election Year 2008, hosted by popular journalist and radio personality Laura Flanders and produced by The Media Consortium – a member-based organization committed to strengthening the independent media landscape. The Media Consortium is comprised of 45 of the nation’s leading independent journalism outlets with a collective reach to over 5 million people a month. Live From Main Street features five town hall events, each focusing on a key national issue through a local lens.