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b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Republican appointees to the Michigan state Court of Appeals have blocked extended deadlines to receive mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, allowing election officials to discard perfectly legal ballots delayed by U.S. Postal Service slowdowns.\\xa0 In Orange County, Florida, on the first day of Early Voting, voters had to stand in hours-long lines after the entire voting system went down due because the private vendor running the county's elections failed to renew the office's website domain correctly. Today's disturbing headlines to serve as a reminder that the only thing that matters between now and November 3rd is the general election -- we have some important tips on how to maximize the chances of your vote being counted as cast. With all of the voting problems already unfolding in this election -- even more than usual -- public oversight of the election, before, during and after Election Day will be critical. EMILY LEVY, longtime election protection advocate and founder of Scrutineers.org, a nonpartisan online community of people working to protect US elections, joins us to detail the many ways that YOU can get involved with helping to oversee our elections.\\xa0 Levy explains a number of ongoing projects that anyone, at any level, can join -- from free Zoom training workshops, to enhanced training for poll workers and poll watchers, to observing official tallies and post-election 'audits', and many more ways that citizens can get involved to ensure that voters in their own communities are able to vote and have their ballots tallied accurately. Callers weigh in on all of the above..."