{"id":11553,"date":"2016-02-09T16:45:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T00:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11553"},"modified":"2016-02-09T16:48:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T00:48:28","slug":"before-the-storm-dirty-tricks-voting-rights-election-integrity-and-the-nh-primary-bradcast-292016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11553","title":{"rendered":"Before the Storm: Dirty Tricks, Voting Rights, Election Integrity and the NH Primary: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 2\/9\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_NHPrimary_RepublicanDemocraticBallot_020916.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, we catch up with a number of breaking items, as well as items from the last several days (while we were otherwise covering the GOP and Democratic debates), even as voters in New Hampshire finally head to the polls for the First-in-the-Nation primary today.<\/p>\n<p>Among the stories we hit today, as we await the completely unverified results from NH tonight&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democratic party officials <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/feb\/05\/iowa-democratic-party-altered-precinct-caucus-results-clinton-sanders\">&#8220;unilaterally&#8221;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/onpolitics\/2016\/02\/05\/iowa-margin-between-clinton-sanders-shifts-errors-found\/79889298\/\">changed<\/a> Iowa Caucus results;<\/li>\n<li>Why nobody should simply &#8216;trust&#8217; unverified computer-tallied results that will be reported <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5538\">in NH<\/a> (or anywhere else);<\/li>\n<li>How NH&#8217;s new Photo ID voting restriction law could affect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/new-hampshires-new-voter-id-law-could-lead-to-longer-lines-voter-intimidation\/\">turnout<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Rubio-bot does it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/politics\/first-draft\/2016\/02\/08\/marco-rubio-lampooned-for-repeating-himself-does-it-again\/\">again<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Another <a href=\"http:\/\/lawnewz.com\/politics\/exclusive-nh-voter-receive-shady-potentially-illegal-voter-shaming-letters\/\">mysterious<\/a> Republican <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/02\/09\/firm-behind-new-hampshire-voter-shaming-mailers-has-ties-to-marco-rubios-campaign-super-pac\/\">dirty trick<\/a> in NH;<\/li>\n<li>Jeb now wants to <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/jeb-says-eliminate-citizens-united\">&#8220;eliminate&#8221;<\/a> the <i>Citizens United<\/i> ruling;<\/li>\n<li>Voting Rights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/press-release\/voting-rights-restored-40000-marylanders\">restored<\/a> to 40,000 in MD;<\/li>\n<li>MD forced to <a href=\"http:\/\/wamu.org\/news\/16\/02\/04\/technical_problems_cause_maryland_to_ditch_voting_machines_for_april_primary\">ditch<\/a> new touch-screen systems for paper ballots;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus much more &#8212; 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