'BradCast' 5/18/2023 (Guest: AZ GOP State Senator Ken Bennett on landmark new election transparency bill)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 A potentially landmark moment for election transparency in America is on deck with a new bipartisan bill in Arizona that's on the verge of becoming law. It has passed the state legislature and now awaits the signature of the state's Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. It's a truly bipartisan effort, joining the forces of long time progressive election integrity champ, John Brakey of AUDIT US, AZ's new Democratic Sec. of State, Adrian Fontes and the state's former Republican Sec. of State, now a state Senator, KEN BENNETT. Bennett explains how the new bill's central focus designates digital ballot images - - routinely scanned in the process of tallying votes - - as public records, available to all, to increase transparency, trackability, and public oversight of our elections. Bennett urges voters in every state to contact Governor Hobb's office via email and let her know their feelings about the law, HB2560. Also today: While Arizona's HB2560 is an excellent election transparency bill adopted by a far-right leaning state legislature, Brad explains his thoughts on a terrible election law adopted by the far-right legislature of Georgia, the SB202 voter suppression bill, and his status as a named plaintiff representing the media in a lawsuit challenging the law's criminalization of routine election reporting, filed by the Coalition for Good Governance. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report'.