'BradCast' 4/22/2016 ('Gyrocopter Guy' Doug Hughes on his felony sentencing and election reform; VA re-enfranchises 200k former felons)
Today on 'The BradCast',\xa0 VA's Democratic Governor re-enfranchises some 200,000 former felons via executive order. Also, recently re-enfranchised former felons in MD head to the polls in advance of next Tuesday's primary, for the first time since the legislature's override of the veto by that state's Republican Governor. In New York, Brooklyn's top Board of Elections official is suspended amidst the state AG's investigation into the purging of more than 100,000 Democratic voter registrations over the past six months, just prior to NY's disastrous Presidential primary earlier this week.\xa0 Then, we're joined by Doug Hughes, the Florida postal worker who landed a homemade gyrocopter at the U.S. Capitol in April of 2015 to protest in favor of campaign finance reform. Hughes was sentenced yesterday to four months in federal prison for one felony conviction after a plea deal. He joins us to discuss his case, whether he has any regrets, and his optimistic hopes for the future of campaign finance and election reform.\xa0 Finally, Desi Doyen joins us with the 'Green News Report' on Earth Day -- and a very significant one at that...