What if you arrived at your polling place on Election Day and discovered your name was no longer on the voter rolls?
Investigative journalist Alison Greene returns to Lean to the Left to explain why that scenario may be more common than many Americans realize—and, more importantly, what voters can do now to protect themselves before the 2026 midterm elections.
In this follow-up conversation, Greene discusses her ongoing investigation into voter roll irregularities, explains how voters can verify their registration, why provisional ballots matter, and how volunteers across the country are working to identify voters who may have been removed from registration lists.
Whether you agree with Greene’s conclusions or simply want to better understand how voter registration systems work, this conversation offers practical steps every voter should consider before heading to the polls.
In this episode:
✅ What to do if your name is missing from the voter rolls
✅ Why checking your voter registration now matters
✅ How provisional ballots work—and their limitations
✅ Greene’s nationwide volunteer effort to monitor voter rolls
✅ How citizens can help protect election integrity before the midterms
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Previous episodes in our Democracy & Election Integrity Series:
• Marcel Reid: They Want Us Silent — Why protecting journalists, whistleblowers, and truth-tellers is essential to defending democracy.
• Lilli McGregor: Can We Trust the Vote? — The Election Truth Alliance examines alleged election irregularities and why they deserve closer scrutiny.
• Alison Greene (Part 1): Ghost Voters? What Florida Investigators Found — Greene discusses her investigation into alleged voter-roll irregularities and explains why she believes they warrant further investigation.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction: What You Can Do Before the Midterms
02:01 Why “Cleaning the Voter Rolls” Can Mean Different Things
05:28 Ghost Voters vs. “Ghosted” Voters Explained
07:09 What Happens If Your Name Is Missing on Election Day?
10:03 Why Registered Voters Couldn’t Be Found in Florida
13:02 Should You Bring Proof of Registration?
15:34 Building a National Voter Registration Database
16:39 How Citizens Can Volunteer to Help
18:17 Reviewing the “Ghost Voter” Investigation
19:12 Michigan Case and Other Election Investigations
23:21 Election Fraud Claims and Public Confidence
25:19 Funding the Technology to Protect Voters
27:14 The Plan to Restore Eligible Voters to the Rolls
30:19 Final Thoughts
For many years, Bob Gatty worked as a writer, editor, and communications consultant, based on the Washington, DC area with a focus on government and politics. He began at The Pittsburgh Courier, an African American weekly, covering crime and the courts. His salary was $55 per week before moving on to two local Pennsylvania dailies. At age 24, he began reporting for United Press International covering state politics in Pennsylvania and then New Jersey, where he was UPI’s state capitol bureau in Trenton.
Tempted by the allure of Washington, DC and big-time politics, at age 29 Bob became press secretary and chief of staff for two Congressmen – first Republican Edwin B. Forsythe, and then Democrat James J. Florio, who later became governor of New Jersey and until his recent death was a frequent podcast guest and co-host of Bob’s NFN Radio News podcast (now called Lean to the Left).
After seven years on Capitol Hill, Bob opened a communications business in Washington, first providing political media consulting to candidates and then freelance Washington coverage for business and trade magazines, plus creative communications services for trade and professional associations, including social media. This work involved articles and analyses of key governmental developments affecting businesses, such as the food and Health industries, retailing, and the environment.
His work as a communications consultant to trade and professional associations included launching and editing association publications, providing website content and social media assistance, and covering conferences and conventions.
Bob retired from G-Net Strategic Communications in 2016 and moved to Myrtle Beach, SC, where he launched his blog site, first called Not Fake News, now known as Lean to the Left.
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