This week, KPFK/Pacfica Radio here in L.A. was kind enough to allow me to expand my usual weekly show a bit for a ‘War on Democracy’ special over two days, as we head into 2012 with the very first votes in the Presidential Election cycle to finally be cast in just under two weeks in Iowa.
We covered both the fight for election integrity, including some of the very recent and disturbing e-voting news that we’ve been covering here at The BRAD BLOG of late, as well as the outrageous new GOP voter suppression laws and the push-back against it. I also had time to take some calls in the hour-long Part 1, and was joined today, in Part 2, by our own crack legal analyst Ernest Canning…
PART 1, 12/20/11
MP3 download or listen online below [appx 58 mins]…
[audio:http://bradblog.com/audio/KPFK_BradFriedman_WarOnVotingHourSpecial_122011.mp3]PART 2, 12/21/11
MP3 download or listen online below [appx 28 mins]…
[audio:http://bradblog.com/audio/KPFK_BradFriedman_WarOnVoting_Part2_ErnestCanning_122111.mp3]
It is difficult to know whether the Entitlements To Free International Travel R US bill is more of an attack of democracy than Silvio hacking Iowa.
I guess we wait to see.
Charlie White, Indiana Repug Secretary of State removed from office.
http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/9604328-418/charlie-white-out-as-indiana-secretary-of-state.html
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/Charlie-White-Removed-From-Office-136104588.html