November 5, 2004, Hour One: Election Wrap-up

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Hour One: Election Wrap-up

This hour, it's a a round-up of election news.

First, we'll look at California's vote to fund stem cell research. The controversial Proposition 71 passed, 59 % to 41%, thus authorizing the state to establish a new state medical research institute and to issue $3 billion in bonds to provide funding for stem cell research. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger broke with the the policies of President Bush and with the Republican Party platform, campaigning heavily for the adoption of the measure. We'll talk about the effects that the rule might have on stem cell research in the state, and in the country as a whole.

Then, we'll check in on the performance of the much-maligned electronic voting machines. How well did they perform in this election? Though some glitches were reported, the feared widespread failures and outages didn't seem to occur. However, critics of the machines say that there still needs to be improvement, including the addition of a verifiable paper audit trail for all electronic machines. We'll talk about it.

Plus, is there a doctor in the House -- or the Senate? With health care issues said to be a significant challenge for the upcoming Congress, we'll take a look at the members of the legislature that have a background in medicine.

Finally -- a guide to managing post-election stress, if you're one of the 48 percent whose candidate didn't win. Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (2-3 Eastern).

Guests:
Lawrence S.B. Goldstein
Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of California San Diego
La Jolla CA

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David Dill
Founder, Verified Voting Foundation (verifiedvoting.org)
Professor, Department of Computer Science
Stanford University
Stanford, California

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Chadd Kraus
Emergency Medicine Researcher
Graduate student
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

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Emmanuel Maidenburg
Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Director, Social and Performance Anxiety Program
Assistant Clinical Professor, Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

This segment produced by Karin Vergoth

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