{"id":11361,"date":"2015-09-16T17:16:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T00:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11361"},"modified":"2015-09-16T17:21:34","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T00:21:34","slug":"automatic-voter-registration-for-all-in-ca-bradcast-9162015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11361","title":{"rendered":"Automatic Voter Registration For All in CA: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 9\/16\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_CAVoterRegistration_091615.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>California has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/political\/la-me-pc-senate-voter-registration-drivers-licenses-20150910-story.html\">just passed<\/a> a bill that would automatically register all eligible citizens whenever they use the DMV or other state agencies. If Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs &#8220;The California New Motor Voter Act&#8221; (which mirrors an <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11081\">initiative adopted by Oregon<\/a> earlier this year), voter registration in the Golden State will become opt-out, rather than opt-in.<\/p>\n<p>With nearly 7 million eligible &#8212; but currently unregistered &#8212; voters in the state, the legislation could be the single largest voter registration initiative in this country in decades! <b>Jonathan Brater<\/b>, counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/programs#democracy\">Democracy Program<\/a>, joins us to discuss the landmark legislation, whether it&#8217;ll be signed by the Governor, and whether there are legitimate concerns about fraud via automatic universal voter registration.<\/p>\n<p>Also today: As global warming takes a more and more deadly toll each day, Carly Fiorina, the &#8216;moderate, reasonable&#8217; 2016 GOP candidate, continues to deny climate change science; listeners call in to ring in on all of the above and much more; and Desi Doyen joins us for the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_JonathanBraytonCAAutomaticVoterRegistration_091615.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen to the complete show online below&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_JonathanBraytonCAAutomaticVoterRegistration_091615.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s BradCast&#8230; California has just passed a bill that would automatically register all eligible citizens whenever they use the DMV or other state agencies. 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