{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Common Ground Berlin","title":"Without a voice – Should non-Germans be allowed to vote in German elections?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2314,"description":"Some 10 million non-citizens living in Germany are unable to vote. In Berlin, the number is even higher – 1 of every 5 residents. The voting exclusion in Germany extends to local issues, even though all residents – regardless of citizenship – are subject to the same taxes, fees and laws. Is it time to allow the growing number of non-citizens in Germany a say at the ballot box? Or would that spark a German identity crisis?  Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talks to: Berta Del Ben, of Democracy for All, an initiative seeking to expand voting rights in Berlin and beyond; Adetoun Kueppers-Adebisi, of the Federal Conference of Migrant Organizations (BKMO), and president of the Black German culture, media and education archive AFROTAK; Jennifer Johnson, American political rights activist in Berlin and former head of the Women’s Caucus Chair for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.Senior Producer Dina Elsayed and Nelson produced this episode.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7V-N0KfY1URa_GlvaKahK7dq_-epPrhDGYv-H0_uo-E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEzNjc2LzE2NTYy/NjI0NTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}