#1224 Fixing the underlying mechanism of our democracy (Election Integrity)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 2 November 2018
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
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
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.
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.
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
TX-32: Colin Allred
4 THINGS YOU CAN DO BEFORE NOV. 6TH
1. Donate
House: DCCC Red to Blue Program
Senate: DSCC.org
Toss ups/Battlegrounds: The Midterms Minute H.Q.
2. Virtual Phone Banking
Indivisible Phone Banking (Sen/House/Gov)
Swing Left Phone Banking (House)
Resources for newbies / Hosting a Phone Bank Night
3. Volunteer to GOTV
National Indivisible Chapters Events List
Candidates websites: Visit The Midterms Minute H.Q.
4. Talk to Friends & Family (and text people)
Talk, invite them to volunteer with you, etc.
Use OutVote to text friends and encourage them to vote
Passage:"You Can't Change Hate, But You Can Outvote It" (By John Pavlovitz)
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- Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
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| 0:00.0 | Everything is at stake in the midterm elections, which is why it is so important to be informed. |
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| 0:32.6 | And now welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast in which we shall learn |
| 0:36.8 | about some of the various ways our election system is vulnerable to tampering and hacking |
| 0:41.3 | and how it poses a threat to our democracy, whether any tampering actually occurs or not. |
| 0:46.4 | Today's clips come from the broadcast, moment of clarity, the Tom Harman program, and the |
| 0:51.8 | weeds. |
| 0:56.2 | The voting hacking village, according to its organizers, had an exciting three days at |
| 1:09.4 | DEF CON 26 in Las Vegas this past weekend. |
| 1:13.0 | DEF CON is the largest hacking conference in the world, bringing together a wide range |
| 1:18.0 | of hackers, corporate IT professionals, policymakers, and others interested in computer security |
| 1:24.2 | and related issues. |
| 1:26.2 | The voting village at DEF CON, which made a huge splash in its debut last year when pretty |
| 1:32.1 | much every voting system they made available to hackers, was penetrated within minutes of |
| 1:38.0 | opening its doors. |
| 1:40.7 | That voting village is now in its second year and addresses election security issues by |
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