{"id":11708,"date":"2016-06-01T17:37:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T00:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11708"},"modified":"2016-06-01T17:36:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T00:36:33","slug":"last-calls-for-california-and-trying-to-oversee-the-states-primary-bradcast-612016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11708","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Last Calls&#8217; for California and (Trying to) Oversee the State&#8217;s Primary: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 6\/1\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_BernieHillaryButtons_060116.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, I&#8217;m back! My <i>huge<\/i> thanks to both Angie Coiro of <a href=\"http:\/\/indeepradio.com\/\"><i>In Deep Radio<\/i><\/a> and Peter B. Collins of <a href=\"http:\/\/PeterBCollins.com\"><i>The Peter B. Collins Show<\/i><\/a> for filling in for me while I was on the road for a few days!<\/p>\n<p>After the bad news (for you) of my return is out of the way on today&#8217;s show, we get caught back up with late developments before next week&#8217;s big Primary Elections in California (and New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana), as the polls for both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/first-read\/it-s-close-california-clinton-49-sanders-47-n584141\">Primary<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qu.edu\/news-and-events\/quinnipiac-university-poll\/national\/release-detail?ReleaseID=2352\">General<\/a> elections continue to tighten; some Republicans continue to <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/kristol-david-french\">scramble<\/a> for a Trump <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/libertarians-pick-gary-johnson-and-william-weld-as-presidential-election-ticket-1464561553\">alternative<\/a>; voters continue to try and oversee their own public elections; and listeners call in with their closing arguments for their favored candidate before next Tuesday&#8217;s last big primary day of the 2016 Presidential cycle.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s &#8220;last call&#8221; before the California (and New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana) Primary on June 7, and some voters are already facing confusion (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/1400-ballots-incorrectly-mailed-san-francisco-voters-right-election\/\">error<\/a>) in the Golden State with CA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11699\">absurdly confusing<\/a> multi-party primary system. Documentary filmmaker and <a href=\"http:\/\/VideoTheVote.org\">VideoTheVote.org<\/a> co-creator <b>John Wellington Ennis<\/b> joins us to discuss efforts to recruit volunteers to oversee the polls in Los Angeles at <a href=\"http:\/\/SaveOurElections.org\">SaveOurElections.org<\/a> to document whatever happens next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we go to the phones to hear from tons of listeners on who they will support next Tuesday (and beyond) and why. Lots of great calls with voices and opinions not usually heard, if ever, on our corporatized mainstream public airwaves! <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_JohnEnnis_LastCallCAPrimary_060116.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_JohnEnnis_LastCallCAPrimary_060116.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, I&#8217;m back! 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