'BradCast' 10/21/2019: (Guest: Attorney, Election Integrity advocate Jennifer Cohn)

On today's 'BradCast':  Donald Trump's insanity, the impeachment inquiry, his withdrawal of troops from Syria, and his attempt to award himself the contract for the G7 Summit at his own Florida resort (which he retracted over the weekend under pressure from Republicans) has all helped distract everyone from concerns about "Plan B" – specifically, concerns about our nation's vulnerable voting systems. Elections officials in many states are, insanely, moving towards 100 percent unverifiable touchscreen computer Ballot Marking Devices (BMDs) in advance of the 2020 election. Attorney and election integrity advocate JENNIFER COHN catches us up on a big list of election security and voting system news over the past month, including the expensive and vulnerable BMD systems being adopted in a number of key jurisdictions around the country before 2020. Unfortunately, other than a few bright spots, the outlook is pretty grim between now and next year, as even leading Democrats (hello, Sen. Amy Klobuchar!) seem to be having a very difficult time fighting for the real security improvements necessary to protect our election system from adversaries -- both foreign and domestic -- before next year's critical presidential election. Also today:  a federal judge placed a temporary injunction on Florida's new Republican-adopted law that prevents former felons from registering to vote, unless they've paid off all court-imposed fines and fees first, ruling that the new law amounts to an unconstitutional poll tax. St. Louis County has voted to move to a new, hand-marked paper ballot system for all voters who want one, a welcome safeguard for voters...