Long before there was Bush v. Gore and the “dimpled chad” fiasco in Florida, there was Penny Pullen and Rosemary Mulligan, two suburban Chicago Republicans vying for the same statehouse seat in a race so close, it was decided at points by a handful of votes, a coin toss and eventually the Illinois Supreme Court.

Reset dives into a new book examining the significance of that race, the way it changed how we count votes today and why every vote counts.

GUEST: Patrick Wohl, author of Down Ballot: How A Local Campaign Became A National Referendum On Abortion