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Florida ‘Machine Recount’ Extension Denied, ‘Hand Recounts’ to Begin: ‘BradCast’ 11/15/2018

Also: The problem with Vote-by-Mail ballot signatures; Dems pickup ME U.S. House seat in Ranked Choice 'runoff'; GA's illegitimate Guv election...

Lawsuits Flying in Florida’s 2018 ‘Recount’ Mess: ‘BradCast’ 11/14/2018

The fight to count every vote in FL and GA gets messier still, as Dems pick up yet another U.S. House seat; Also: Ernest A. Canning on CNN's lawsuit against the Trump White House...

New Court Rulings Favor Voters Amid Election Count Fiascos in FL, GA: ‘BradCast’ 11/13/2018

Guest: Sara Henderson of Common Cause GA; Also: Dems flip Senate seat in AZ; First Lady calls for firing of top Admin official...

FL 2000 ‘Recount’ Chief: State ‘Cannot Physically’ Complete Three ‘Recounts’ by Thursday Deadline: ‘BradCast’ 11/12/2018

Guest: 28-year Leon County, FL Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho; Also: Deadly CA wildfires; Dems unseat Rohrabacher in CA; Sinema to take U.S. Senate race in AZ; Legal battle grows in GA Guv race...

Statewide ‘Recounts’ Likely Coming in FL, GA, AZ Senate, Governor Races: ‘BradCast’ 11/8/2018

Campaigns fight to 'count every vote' amid uncounted and rejected ballots, undervotes, computer-tabulation concerns

Also: 12 killed in CA shooting; RBG hospitalized; White House lies about, bars CNN journalist; Constitutional Crisis concern mounts after Trump fires Sessions...

DEMS TAKE HOUSE, GOVERNORSHIPS; GOP Holds Senate; Questions About Some Reported Results: ‘BradCast’ 11/7/2018

Also: Trump fires Sessions, but we won't let that derail us today...

Election Day 2018 Was an Entirely Predictable National Mess as Voters Fight to Vote (Again): ‘BradCast’ 11/6/2018

Hours long lines, failed voting systems leave voters, ballots, stranded; Also, journalist Lulu Friesdat reports on tabulation mysteries, unlawful Wi-Fi computer hook-ups in Dallas County, TX counting room...

GA Sec. of State Kemp Falsely Reports Huge Voter Database Vulnerability as Dem Hack Attempt: ‘BradCast’ 11/5/2018

Guest: Election integrity expert Marilyn Marks on Brian Kemp's repeated 'cybercrimes' lies, as reported by media, while he oversees own gubernatorial election against Stacey Abrams...

Why 2018’s Secretary of State Races Are Key to 2020’s Presidential Election: ‘BradCast’ 11/2/2018

Guest: Voting rights journalist Ari Berman on voter suppression and important down-ballot voting; Also: Election Day nightmares previewed in WI, TN, ND?; Third-party pull-outs in AZ, MT U.S. Senate races...

Governor Races in 2018 Are Key to U.S. House Majorities in 2022, Beyond: ‘BradCast’ 11/1/2018

Guest: Dylan Scott of Vox with good news for Dems in a bunch of states; Also: More trouble at polls in GA, TX, IL; Accountability for Zinke?...

GOP’s Native American Voter Suppression in ND is ‘Spinal Damage to the Backbone of Democracy’: ‘BradCast’ 10/31/2018

Guest: Oliver 'OJ' Semans of Four Directions: Also: Kemp denied again in GA; Tough re-election fight for OR's Dem Guv; KMOX, 'The Voice of St. Louis', misinforms voters in MO about 'tamper-proof' voting machines...

‘Trump’s Reichstag Fire’ and the Deadly Menace of GOP Hate Mongering: ‘BradCast’ 10/30/2018

Trump unwanted in Pittsburgh and former top Repub excoriates party, 'rightwing propaganda industry'; Also: News on fighting to vote (and counting it accurately) in TX and environment is on midterm ballots...

One Week Before the Election, After A Week of Rightwing Republican Hate: ‘BradCast’ 10/29/2018

Taking the voters' pulse with open phone lines and more...

Votes Flip to Cruz, TX Blames Voters; Still More Suppression in GA; Carbon Price on WA Ballot: ‘BradCast’ 10/26/2018

Guest: David Roberts of Vox; Also: Trump fan charged in mail bombings...

Voting System and Ballot Programming Fiascos Begin in GA, AR, IL: ‘BradCast’ 10/25/2018

Guest: DuPage, IL County Clerk candidate Jean Kaczmarek; Also: In wake of still more mail bombs, Trump, White House return to attacks on media, Rightwing pounces on conspiracies...

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