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On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has issued an important public advisory warning of nine serious vulnerabilities in computerized touchscreen Ballot Marking Devices (BMD) used in election jurisdictions across the country.\xa0 The blockbuster report details how the security weaknesses could allow election insiders or outside hackers to manipulate the results in ways difficult to discover with typical security protocols employed in most counties. Cybersecurity experts also warn that although the CISA report focuses on computerized voting systems made by Dominion, similar touchscreen systems made by ESS, Smartmatic and others used in many more states across the country have many of the same design flaws, such as the use of Barcodes or QR codes to tally ballots printed by the systems, rather than the human-readable ballot. We dive into the details of this long-overdue report and why it matters, and offer recommendations for how voters can maximize the odds that their votes will be tallied accurately, according to their intent, in this year's critical midterm elections. A key suggestion: Vote on a HAND-MARKED paper ballot if possible, even if it means using an absentee ballot, and deliver it in person to a polling place or dropbox, if possible. Also today:\xa0 The U.S. House select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and Donald Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 Presidential election will begin holding public hearings on Thursday. Callers weigh in on all of the above.