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#TalkRadio – November 4: Election Day, November 4th, 2025: Reports From The Field in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and More
November 4: Election Day, November 4th, 2025: Reports From The Field in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and More
The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine, Esq. and Daryl Jones, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com.
Please note, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET.
SPEAKERS:
Larry Hamm: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET
Chairman, People’s Organization for Progress
Anya Dillard: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET
Transformative Justice Coalition Fellow; Freedom Rider for TJC’s “Stay Woke, Florida!” and “Hey Jersey! Let’s Vote!” GOTV Campaigns; Founder of the Next Gen Come Up and Jenevesque Media; Graduated from Rutgers University Newark; A Gucci Creative Fellow and an Academy Motion Pictures Gold Rising Fellow; Organizing since she was 10, started first charity initiative for disability rights at age 5 for advocacy raising money to provide pajamas, clothes, toys, and other things for youth living with physical and mental disabilities – an annual event in Brooklyn, NY that happened every Christmas that lasted for 13 years
Philadelphia City Commissioners’ Chairman Omar Sabir: 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM ET
Chair of the Philadelphia City Commissioners (2024–present); Philadelphia City Commissioner (2019–2028); Founder of Vote Philly Vote (2020); Founder of the Octavius Catto Taskforce (2020); Founder of Platinum Voters (2024); Former Staff Member in the Office of Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes; Former Leader of the Nathaniel Sabir Memorial Scholarship Fund; Former Campaign Leader for Citizens for State Representative Louise Williams Bishop; Former Employee of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania; Graduate of Cheyney University (2006); Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s DiverseForce On Boards program (2019).
Sean Floyd: 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM ET
Manager for National Programs and Outreach for the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Gary Flowers: 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM ET
National Radio Host, The Gary Flowers Show
New Jersey Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson: 12:45 PM – 12:57 PM ET
Assemblywoman, New Jersey Legislative District #15 (2/15/18 – current); “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others” Martin Luther King, Jr. Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson is a product of the Trenton public school system and has obtained advance degrees from Trenton State College/The College of New Jersey and earned a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University. Her career as a Social Worker coupled with a commitment to public service led her to the elected position of East Ward Councilwoman, where she became the 1st African American female to serve in that position. and Council Vice-President where she legislated laws for the City of Trenton. Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson proudly served 7 ½ years on City Council before being elected to fill the vacant New Jersey Assembly seat in the 15th Legislative District. Ms. Reynolds-Jackson is currently serving her 4th term in the New Jersey Assembly and has ascended to Senior Leadership where she serves as Constituent Outreach Chair, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Schools, Chair of the Assembly Education Committee and Vice-Chairwoman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. She is a member of the Assembly Budget Committee, and the Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment. The Assemblywoman also serves as a Commissioner of the State of New Jersey Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, the Amistad Commission and is Vice Chair of the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus. Since graduating from college, the Assembly woman has continued her education through the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority and Rutgers University. She currently teaches Public Policy at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, New Jersey. For the past 10+ years, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson has been committed to serving her constituents through public service. She has achieved great satisfaction working with various populations, including her neighbors, the homeless, elderly, children, and people with disabilities. Her efforts have been dedicated to championing social justice causes, bolstering minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses, improving access to quality healthcare, safeguarding our environment, and creating pathways for student success. Verlina resides in the City of Trenton with her wonderful husband, Lorenzo Jackson. Memberships & Affiliations: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Trenton Alumnae Chapter; Government Finance Officers Association; Central Jersey (NJ) Chapter of The Links, Inc.; and, United Way of Greater Mercer County Board of Directors
INTRODUCTION:
Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time, entitled “Election Day, November 4th, 2025: Reports From The Field in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and More”, will be live from New Jersey with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine, Esq. and Daryl Jones, Esq. and will feature special guests Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson; Commissioner Omar Sabir; Larry Hamm; Gary Flowers; Anya Dillard; and, Sean Floyd. This show will continue the discussion on the ambitious TJC and Partners Good Trouble Tour in New Jersey- but will mainly focus on Election Day 2025 reports in New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania: what do people need to know? Has there been any problems at the polls? Has there been any positive stories at the polls? How has this Election Season at large been?
The best day of the year is here: Election Day! Today’s Igniting Change guests are all on-the-ground in various parts of New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It’s time for everyone to get their vote on; if you haven’t already voted early, and if you experience, see, or hear of ANY problems with voting, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683). On This Election Day, Be sure to reach out to report problems confronting you or other voters at the polls for us to help. Election Protection’s team of legal volunteers are here to help voters cast those ballots and make sure they are counted.
To give New Jersey Election Day reports are: the Chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress Larry Hamm from 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time and New Jersey Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson will be rounding out the show with more New Jersey Election updates from 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time. While our show is focused on the New Jersey state elections, important state elections are happening nationwide. From 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM, Philadelphia City Commissioners’ Chairman Omar Sabir will join the show to discuss Election Day reports from Pennsylvania and from 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM, National Radio Show Host Gary Flowers will join to discuss Virginia Election Day reports.
The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC), the American Federation of Teachers, the NAACP, the People’s Organizing for Progress, some local municipalities, and our many partners are finishing up the final day today of an 11-day Get Out The Vote effort for the 2025 New Jersey General Election during Early Voting and today, Election Day. We have been continuing our nationally acclaimed John Lewis “Make Good Trouble Vote!” Votercade GOTV concept. The “Hey New Jersey! Let’s Vote!” Good Trouble GOTV Campaign has already rolled through Camden, Trenton, Newark, Bridgeton, Pleasantville, Atlantic City, New Brunswick, Paterson, Plainfield, Hackensack, East Orange, Orange, and Jersey City, with the last day of The Tour being today!
The goal of the “Hey Jersey Let’s Vote!” campaign has been to increase Black voter awareness, participation in the November 2025 elections and to counteract identified voter barriers in New Jersey, such as long lines, accessibility, and information deficits. The TJC GOTV programming is designed to make voting a fun and exciting experience while increasing voter knowledge and participation in the 2025 General Election. The focus of “Hey Jersey Let’s Vote!” is in communities and neighborhoods of color. Uniquely, New Jersey is one of the only northern states where the African American population has increased between 2012 – 2020 (up six percent). From the 2020 Census, the current percentage of Black Voting Age Population in New Jersey is 12.86% of the voters. (New Jersey Voting-age Population By Race and Ethnicity from Census 2020). New Jersey is renowned for historically being in the top 10 of Black voter participation nationwide. In 2024 Black voter turnout in New Jersey was 69.5%. Our plan has been to increase this number.
This New Jersey GOTV Campaign also includes TJC’s team of “Freedom Riders” composed of Gen Z and Young Millennials who helped to canvas, wave signs, activate other youth, help with setting up voting celebrations, help voters with voter questions, and perform other activities at each stop. One of the many benefits of being a Freedom Rider is our purposeful scheduling of events in which they learn about major voting rights historical moments. On today’s show will be one of our Freedom Riders Anya Dillard, a graduate from Rutgers University Newark and a New Jersey resident, from 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time.
Members of partner organizations have also joined the John Lewis “Good Trouble Vote” bus as Freedom Riders. One such Freedom Rider, Sean Floyd, Manager for National Programs and Outreach for the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, will be on the show from 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Eastern Time.
Proposed Questions
Barbara and Daryl: Welcome to our listeners. The time is 12:00 PM Eastern Time- and we are almost at the midway point of voting for Election Day 2025, as many of the polls in New Jersey opened at 6:00 AM. Nationwide, here are the polling times in alphabetical order by state (all times are local):
- Alabama: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Alaska: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Arkansas: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- California: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Colorado: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Delaware: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- District of Columbia: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Florida: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Georgia: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Hawaii: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Idaho: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Iowa: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Kansas: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Maryland: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Massachusetts: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Michigan: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Minnesota: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Mississippi: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Montana: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Nebraska: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Nebraska (Central Time): 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Nevada: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- New Mexico: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- North Carolina: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Ohio: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Oklahoma: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Oregon: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Pennsylvania: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Rhode Island: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- South Carolina: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- South Dakota: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Texas: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Utah: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- West Virginia: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Wisconsin: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Wyoming: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
If you experience, see, or hear of ANY problems with voting, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).
- Anya, you are a resident in New Jersey and you have been a Freedom Rider for over a week. What has it meant to you to have been part of this GOTV Program?
- What have the major highlights been for you?
- What have you learned that was new?
- How does it feel to be reconnected to your other Freedom Riders again and to meet new ones across cohorts?
- Larry, you are an experienced political leader in the state of New Jersey. What has changed in the procedures for state elections in New Jersey? (no slates)
- Anya, what’s at stake for young people in these 2025 New Jersey state elections?
- If you experience, see, or hear of ANY problems with voting, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).
- Larry, What do you think of turnout to date in New Jersey?
- All Guests: Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUEST: Philadelphia City Commissioners’ Chairman Omar Sabir
- Commissioner Sabir, Thank you for joining us. You are one of the most amazing election officials in the country. Please tell us what is on the ballot today in Pennsylvania.
- Commissioner Sabir, Why is the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court race in particular so important?
- Commissioner Sabir, What has the turnout been so far in Pennsylvania, according to early voting reports?
- If you experience, see, or hear of ANY problems with voting, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).
- Commissioner Sabir, How have things been going for voters at the polls today in Pennsylvania?
- Commissioner Sabir, What is the number one thing you want Pennsylvania voters to know right now?
- Commissioner Sabir, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUESTS: Gary Flowers and Sean Floyd
- Gary Flowers, Thank you for joining us. Please tell us what is on the ballot today in Virginia.
- If you experience, see, or hear of ANY problems with voting, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).
- Sean Floyd, You are with one of our partner organizations, National Coalition for Black Civic Participation and you’ve been riding the bus as a Freedom Rider for the past two days. Tell people about what NCBCP does.
- What is your role in the organization?
- How has it been being a Freedom Rider?
- Gary Flowers, what has the turnout been so far, according to early voting reports in Virginia?
- Gary Flowers, How have things been going for voters at the polls today in Virginia?
- Sean Floyd, based on your extensive experience with elections, why is this New Jersey election so important?
- Gary Flowers, What is the number one thing you want Virginia voters to know right now?
- If you experience, see, or hear of ANY problems with voting, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).
- All Guests, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?
12:45 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUEST: New Jersey Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
- Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Thank you for joining us for your inaugural Igniting Change appearance. Once again for our listeners it is almost the halfway point for Election Day 2025 for state elections in New Jersey. Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, How have things been going for voters at the polls so far today in New Jersey?
- Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Please tell us what is on the ballot today in New Jersey.
- If you experience, see, or hear of ANY problems with voting, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).
- Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, What has the turnout been so far, according to early voting reports in New Jersey?
- Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Voters in New Jersey have until 8:00 PM to vote tonight, correct? What is the number one thing you want New Jersey voters to know and do right now?
- If you experience, see, or hear of ANY problems with voting, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).
- Be sure to call your friends, families, and neighbors to see if they’ve voted. You have until 8:00 PM – be sure to go to your designated polling place!
- Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?
[While taking the show out, Arnwine and Jones will discuss the Trump Administration’s announcement that they’re going to monitor November elections in California and New Jersey, without any real stated reasons for their presence. They will talk about how this is voter intimidation and election subversion. And even though we weren’t able to give reports nationwide, and especially in California, New York, North Carolina, and Georgia, we want to remind voters that there are elections everywhere; please, DOUBLE CHECK, to make sure that you don’t miss your opportunity to vote ]
[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners:
- December 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- When you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!
- BE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG,
- TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]
[Daryl, Barbara, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]