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Pelosi Takes On Rogues One and Two in Dem Fight for Fair Senate Trial: ‘BradCast’ 12/19/2019

Speaker holds back Trump impeachment articles to force McConnell to allow witness testimony; Also: Goods news for NJ, GA voters; Update on VerifiedVoting.org controversy; Two important new e-voting exposés...

‘Notorious Bad Actor’ ES&S Vote System ‘Bait-and-Switch’ in NC ‘Unfathomable’, Says State Senator: ‘BradCast’ 12/16/2019

Guest: NC Sen. Erica D. Smith; Also: Dems call for former Repub Amash to be named a House Manager, and other late impeachment updates...

JUDICIARY APPROVES IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES (and Other Fights for Constitutional Democracy): ‘BradCast’ 12/13/2019

Guest: Prof. Philip B. Stark, inventor of post-election Risk-Limiting Audits on his resignation from e-vote 'watchdog' VerifiedVoting.org; Also: A tale of two KY Governors and one corrupt U.S. Senator...

Paying Attention Yet? 2019 Foreshadows 2020 Vote System Catastrophes: ‘BradCast’ 12/2/2019

Also: Bullock out; Hunter pleads guilty; Impeachment to run right up until 2020 voting begins; L.A. County Clerk still refuses to answer questions about new unverifiable touchscreen voting systems...

Election Advocates Demand Decert of New E-Vote Systems that Failed in PA, GA Last Week: ‘BradCast’ 11/14/2019

Guest: Susan Greenhalgh of Nat'l Election Defense Coalition; Also: CA shooting; Deval jumps in; Bevin concedes; Trump loses (again); More...

2019 Off-Year Election Voting System Disasters and Electoral Triumphs: ‘BradCast’ 11/6/2019

Guest: VA Delegate Mark Levine on Dems' new, long-awaited 'trifecta'; Also: Brand new touchscreen voting systems failed in GA and PA, while Dems saw a number of big wins in VA and probably KY...

‘Lipstick on a Pig…The Pig Being the Ballot Marking Devices’: ‘BradCast’ 10/21/2019

Guest: Election Integrity advocate Jennifer Cohn; Also: Judge blocks FL GOP's attempt to disenfranchise felons (for now); MO's largest county finally moves to hand-marked paper ballots!...

Results Go BACKWARD in NC09 Race?; PA Election Experts Outraged by Secret Re-Exam of New E-Vote System: ‘BradCast’ 9/11/2019

Guest: Cybsersecurity and voting systems expert Kevin Skoglund...

NC Elections Board Ignores Voters, Approves Unverifiable Touchscreen Barcode Ballot System: ‘BradCast’ 8/23/2019

Guest: SMART Elections co-founder, documentarian Lulu Friesdat: Also: RGB treated for pancreatic cancer; David Koch dies; Trump blows up markets, trade war with China; Amazon burning...

GOP Website’s ‘Political Malware’ Exposed as Two U.S. House Special Elections Begin in NC: ‘BradCast’ 8/21/2019

Guest: Dr. William 'DocDawg' Busa; Also: Trump's Greenland debacle worse than it looks; Trump-fueled domestic terror epidemic growing...

Officials Scramble As Election Software Goes Obsolete, Election Servers Discovered Online: ‘BradCast’ 8/16/2019

Guest: Cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter on her jaw-dropping new exclusive finding battleground election systems vulnerable on the Internet despite claims to the contrary by elections officials, private vendors...

HUGE WIN FOR VOTERS! FED JUDGE BANS GA’S OLD TOUCHSCREEN VOTE SYSTEMS FOR 2020: ‘BradCast’ 8/15/2019

Guest: Plaintiff Marilyn Marks says landmark ruling finding Georgia's voting system unconstitutional is a victory for voters across the nation...

Shameful National Security Inaction on Domestic Terror, Election Protection: ‘BradCast’ 8/5/2019

On the weekend massacres in El Paso and Dayton; And Georgia Tech cybersecurity expert Rich DeMillo on the recent Senate Intelligence Comm. report on Russia interference in 2016 and the fight to secure 2020...

How a Dirty Joke About a Cow and a Woman MAY Bring Hand-Marked Paper Ballots to All NC Voters: ‘BradCast’ 8/2/2019

Also: Cybersecurity firm was able to take over GA's 'entire' voter registration network; Lots of bad news for Trump and GOP in Congress...

What’s in YOUR Voting System? Capital One Hack Underscores Vulnerable U.S. Election Systems: ‘BradCast’ 7/30/2019

Public pressure in NC almost results in statewide hand-marked paper ballots -- almost; WI's Scott Walker files suit to undermine MI democracy; And many others reasons to fight for your democracy right NOW...

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