'BradCast' 12/6/2016: (Uncountable precincts in MI 'recount'?; Paper v. Computer counts; more...)
b"With just over a 10,000 vote margin between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in Michigan, problems with optical-scan computers on Election Day may result in the paper ballots at hundreds of precincts (many in heavily Democratic-leaning Detroit) from being included in the 'recount' currently underway in the state. We cover that and more of the latest developments in Green Party candidate Jill Stein's unprecedented multi-state 'recount' efforts in Michigan, as well as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as Team Trump files appeals both state and federal court to stop the ongoing counts. Also: it's not just Republicans who prefer unverified computer tallies over human-verified hand counts. In Vermont, the will of the voters may never be known in two exceedingly close state legislative races, thanks to a 2014 state law requiring that computers, not people, tally votes during a 'recount'. That may be good news to the Washington Post, which published an op-ed yesterday explaining why they believe 'computers are better than humans at counting ballots.' Of course, to know that for certain, they suggest...um...counting the ballots by hand. Also today: Al Gore meets with Donald Trump to discuss climate change, and Desi Doyen joins us for the latest 'Green News Report' on the Standing Rock Sioux's victory against the Dakota Access Pipeline, Trump eying Native American lands for energy development, Exxon Mobil's CEO up for for Sec. of State, and a bit of good renewable energy news out of Texas (of all places)..."