'BradCast' 9/29/2020 (PA, NYC, and Ballot Battle 'X Factors' with legal analyst Ernest A. Canning)

Published: Sept. 30, 2020, 12:02 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Joe Biden is leading in the national polling against Donald Trump, but don't get too excited \\u2013 we don't run national elections, we run 50 state-by-state elections, and it's the Electoral College votes of each state that matter. There remain many 'X Factors' that could come into play this year, from the pandemic and the unprecedented number of absentee ballots, to the US Postal Service slowdowns, to new unverifiable touchscreen voting systems in many states, and the GOP's stolen U.S. Supreme Court that could help game the system before and after Election Day -- particularly if Republicans are able to steal an even larger majority by ramming through confirmation of Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before Election Day on November 3rd. One of those 'X Factors' is underway in New York City today, where a voting system vendor sent out mail-in ballots with the wrong names and addresses printed on return envelope. Officials are scrambling to get corrected envelopes out and asking voters to contact the state Board of Elections if they received an incorrect absentee ballot. BRAD BLOG's long-serving legal analyst ERNEST A. CANNING explains numerous ballot battles to protect voters that are now underway in state and federal courts in crucial swing states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and North Carolina, plus the little-known Supreme Court doctrine called the 'Purcell Principle,' that could make or break efforts to expand safer voting during the coronavirus pandemic. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"