#1224 Fixing the underlying mechanism of our democracy (Election Integrity)

Air Date: 11–2-2018

Today we take a look at some of the various ways our election system is vulnerable to tampering and hacking from within and without and how it poses a threat to our democracy by casting doubt on the system whether any tampering actually happens or not

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: Results of the Voting Village hack-a-thon at DEF CON 26 - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 8-13-18

Brad Friedman details some of the news coming out of the annual hack-a-thom demonstration meant to expose vulnerabilities in our voting system.

Ch. 2: Lori Chamberlain Reveals Huge Holes In The Election System - Moment of Clarity - Air Date 5-12-18

Election Integrity Activist Lori Chamberlain discusses the flaws in our Election System!

Ch. 3: THE MIDTERMS MINUTE- THE FINAL PUSH - DCCC’s “Red Alert” House Races! - Best of the Left Activism

Take action! Click the title and/or scroll down for quick links and resources from this segment.

Ch. 4: America's Voting Machines are Vulnerable, I Know Because I've Hacked Them - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 08-08-17

Explaining the history of voter disenfranchisement, leading up to the testimony of J. Alex Halderman, professor of Computer Science at the University of Michigan, that show how vulnerable our elections are now to anyone who wants to sway the vote.

Ch. 5: Election integrity advocate Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 7-31-18

Brad Friedman talks with Marilyn Marks about some of the common-sense solutions to securing our election system.

Ch. 6: Our elections are being hacked - The Weeds - Air Date 10-25-18

Ezra and Jane dig into the dismal state of election security, as well as the many, many ways that people’s votes are obstructed, distorted, and prevented. Isn’t democracy grand?

VOICEMAILS

Ch. 7: Another reason to make voting mandatory - Erin from Philadelphia

Ch. 8: Looking forward to multi-generational politics - V from Central New York

Ch. 9: Final comments on finding our way to our ultimate goals and feeling better about the frustrations of factional politics

THE MIDTERMS MINUTE - FINAL PUSH!

All Battleground Info/Resources: THE MIDTERMS MINUTE H.Q.

"RED ALERT" HOUSE RACES:

FL-15: Kristen Carlson

IL-06: Sean Casten

IL-12: Brendan Kelly

NJ-03: Andy Kim

TX-07: Lizzie Pannill Fletcher