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Wednesday on Lake Effect: 'Informed Voter', Voter ID, Germany After Merkel, Suffragette's Daughter

Wednesday on Lake Effect:

Our Informed Voter series tackles a big picture question about why next week’s elections are so important - one reporter says it's partly because they’ll help us understand 2016. Then, we get a first-hand view of what it takes to get an ID to vote. We speak with the New York Times' Berlin correspondent about the end of the Merkel era in Germany, and learn about the legacy of growing up in a house where mom was a suffragette.

Guests:

  • Craig Gilbert, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  • Joy Powers, Lake Effect
  • Melissa Eddy, the New York Times
  • Tom Matthews, essayist
  • Joan Robertson, philanthropist