{"podcast":{"title":"Defending Democracy with Marc Elias","slug":"defending-democracy-with-marc-elias-5919693","podcast_index_feed_id":5919693,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d61b2cf0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://democracydocket.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/35821052/35821052-1671721853517-b7d153b9f5426.jpg","author":"Democracy Docket","episode_count":252,"summary":"Every week, election lawyer Marc Elias interviews lawmakers, policy leaders and changemakers about the problems facing our democracy and how we fix them.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T08:18:04.128879+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defending-democracy-with-marc-elias-5919693"},"episode":{"title":"VICTORY: We Just Won a Supreme Court Case That Protects Your Mail-in Ballot","slug":"victory-we-just-won-a-supreme-court-case-that-protects-your-mail-in-ballot","published_at":"2026-06-29T16:33:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defending-democracy-with-marc-elias-5919693/victory-we-just-won-a-supreme-court-case-that-protects-your-mail-in-ballot","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defending-democracy-with-marc-elias-5919693","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/democracydocket/episodes/VICTORY-We-Just-Won-a-Supreme-Court-Case-That-Protects-Your-Mail-in-Ballot-e3leag9","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5827723492.mp3","summary":"Democracy Docket founder and voting rights attorney Marc Elias spent years litigating Watson v. Republican National Committee from trial court all the way to the Supreme Court — despite plenty of people telling him he couldn't win. In this video, he breaks down the court's 5-4 ruling rejecting the RNC's effort to throw out mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward. He also explains why every state should now adopt this rule and what you can do to make that happen.","meta_description":"Democracy Docket founder and voting rights attorney Marc Elias spent years litigating Watson v. Republican National Committee from trial court all the way…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":889,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/defending-democracy-with-marc-elias-5919693/episodes/victory-we-just-won-a-supreme-court-case-that-protects-your-mail-in-ballot/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defending-democracy-with-marc-elias-5919693/victory-we-just-won-a-supreme-court-case-that-protects-your-mail-in-ballot.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}