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On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Republican-controlled states around the nation are adopting a wave of new voter suppression laws that not only disproportionately block minority groups from accessing the ballot, but also advance pernicious measures allowing the removal of qualified election officials, for virtually any reason, replacing them with partisans who can unilaterally undermine election laws and overturn legitimate election results.\xa0 HELEN BUTLER is one of those longtime election officials who has just been removed under Georgia's new voter suppression law.\xa0 Butler is a fierce, venerable voting and civil rights champion, the Executive Director of The Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, and until recently, a ten-year veteran of the bipartisan Morgan County, Georgia Board of Elections -- until top state Republican officials removed the entire board with little explanation.\xa0 Butler explains the disturbing provisions of Georgia's new law that, among other things, erects new barriers to voting by mail, bans absentee drop boxes, blocks the distribution of food or water on long voting lines, and more.\xa0 Butler details many actions that concerned voters can take to protect and defend voter access in their communities, warning, 'This is our darkest hour. This is our Selma moment, and we must act.' Also today:\xa0 more sad news of the rising death toll among those who are unvaccinated against COVID -- especially among tragically misinformed Trump-supporters, Republican COVID deniers and others.\xa0 Plus:\xa0 more fact-checking of baseless allegations from the clown-show 'audit' of the 2020 election in Maricopa Co., AZ, including their new misleading, uninformed claims about the cybersecurity of the county's electronic voting systems.