Cynthia Abrams
speaker
232 appearances
37 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 3d ago
Cynthia Abrams’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The group is calling themselves Guardians of Democracy and says they plan to place trained volunteers outside polls as well as have local election lawyers on hand to ensure, quote, all those eligible to vote in Nashville should be able to do so without intimidation.
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The group is nonpartisan, but Nashville's left-leaning mayor has supported the effort through his PAC.
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The effort comes as Nashville is already at odds with the federal government over the upcoming election.
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Last month, the city sued the White House over new guidelines that directed cities and states to implement controversial election security measures.
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If cities refuse, the federal government says it will withhold already allocated grants.
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For NPR News, I'm Cynthia Abrams in Nashville.
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The group is calling themselves Guardians of Democracy, and says they plan to place trained volunteers outside polls, as well as have local election lawyers on hand to ensure, quote, all those eligible to vote in Nashville should be able to do so without intimidation.
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The group is nonpartisan, but Nashville's left-leaning mayor has supported the effort through his PAC.
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The effort comes as Nashville is already at odds with the federal government over the upcoming election.
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Last month, the city sued the White House over new guidelines that directed cities and states to implement controversial election security measures.
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If cities refuse, the federal government says it will withhold already allocated grants.
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For NPR News, I'm Cynthia Abrams in Nashville.
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The proposal, which would ban right on red turns in school zones and high traffic areas, is a response to Nashville's worsening pedestrian fatality rate.
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New York City, San Francisco, and Atlanta are among the cities that have already restricted the turns in a bid for safer streets.
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Nashville Councilmember Sandra Sepulveda, who introduced the legislation, says in Tennessee, the effort is overdue.
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It's been pushed off for so long.
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During that time,
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So far this year, at least twenty one pedestrians have died on Nashville roads.
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The bill will have to get approval from the city's Metro Council.
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