Election Insider with Richard Barron: Recent Episodes
Richard Barron
We talk about issues in election administration, election matters in the news and experiences administering elections. The challenges going forward will be investigated, as well as experiences with threats and harassment.
Gary Vaughan of Daily Stock Picks podcast and You Tube show and I discuss unemployment appeal hearing, Montana's legislature questioning ES&S about the vulnerability of voting machines to hacking, Arizona Republicans fighting when voting for State Party Chair. Georgia State Election Board hearing on Fulton County performance review and the benefits of meditation.
My co-host and I discuss Republican Judge in Ohio blocking redistricting maps. We discuss a recount in Lycoming County, PA that we touched on in Episode 17. We talk about a survey of Georgia voters done by MIT. We discuss municipal elections costs for counties in Fulton County, GA.
My co-host, Gary Vaughan, and I discuss Solomon Pena's arrest for paying four men to shoot at four Democrats' homes after losing an election. Lycoming County, PA had to recount 2020 ballots. The recount concluded this week. We discuss the Fulton County, GA perforce review conducted by the State Election Board.
Gary and I discuss his experience at the Miss America pageant, Tok Tok and Reels, Elon Musk and Twitter, and the World Cup before delving into Kari Lake's misadventure contesting the governor's race in Arizona, and whether Georgia needs to get rid of its runoffs.
Co-host Gary Vaughan and I discuss some things that happened during the two-week break of the show. We review the Georgia runoff election, as well as the Republican epiphany on early voting and absentee by mail voting.
Harris County, TX Election Day. Maricopa County absentee by mail, Herschel Walker, FTX, Qatar World Cup.
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We discuss Russia's possible bombing of Polish village, the weekend, National Public radio story on the good news from the midterm election, NY Times story on Republican turnout, FTX and Tetraenite, Eugene You update, Kenneth's CEO.
Gary, my co-host, narrates why his Delta flight from Atlanta to LA had to make an emergency landing in Albuquerque. Gary's MLS Cup experience. Maricopa County, AZ has a major issue in 20% of its polling places scanning ballots. Bill Tory of the Atlanta Journal Constitution mentions Richard in a column.
Mark and I discuss his career path as a journalist. We cover the main races in Georgia, a major swing state, including Governor, SOS and US Senate. We move onto Cobb County, GA failing to mail more than 1,000 absentee ballots, the outstanding early voting turnout in Georgia, voter suppression and Georgia Senate bill 202. We discuss the State Election Board investigation of Fulton County, GA, including the Carter Center's involvement.
Gary and I talk about a story from AZ that appeared on 60 Minutes 30 October 2022. We discuss the strange constitutional sheriff movement, poll chaplains, Connecticut early voting, and Nancy Pelosi's husband. We discuss some 2018 aspects of the race between Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams and charges of voter suppression.
We discuss Uber, John Poulos 60 Minutes interview by Anderson Cooper, Konnech's ties to China, how True the Vote is involved and share insights from Reveal, Texas Tribute and FaceCheck.org. We also sprinkle in why it is important to consider Ukraine when voting, Russia, Iran and a little soccer sprinkled at the end.
My co-host, Gary Vaughan, and I discuss approval voting with the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Election Science, a budding non-profit. Felix Sargent explains the concept of approval voting versus ranked choice voting. The concept is very interesting, aimed at the majority of Republicans and Independents who feel that the will of the people is unreflected in our elections. One-third of Democrats also feel that the will of the people is unheard in out electoral process.
We discuss the issues the SOS had with ElectioNet, Georgia's state voter registration system. Problems in 2020 before the November General Election failed to prompt the SOS to implement their new VR system before the May 2022 Primary election or the November 2022 Gubernatorial Election. We talk a little Ron DeSantis, Georgia early voting turnout, Herschel Walker and Donald Trump.
Co-host Gary Vaughan and I talk with Madeliene May about Vice News coverage about threats to county election staff around the nation.
Richard Barron and Gary Vaughan comment on an article by Mark Niesse of the Atlanta Journal Constitution regarding voter registration challenges in various counties. A Texas Monthly article by Michael Hardy about the Secretary of State of Texas and his frustrations regarding the Strop the Steal people is covered. A Reuters article by Andy Sullivan and Julia Harte regarding election security is discussed. Latinx vs Latino and Latina is mentioned, along with Texas Governor Greg Abbott's ridiculous reaction to international election observers in Texas in 2012 and 2016.
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With co-host Gary Vaughan, we discuss former New Mexico State University law professor, David Clements. He is an anti-vaxxer, who specializes in spreading election lies and misinformation. With a history of drug and alcohol abuse, and an assault conviction, he goes from city to city convincing gullible and susceptible Trump supporters that his conspiracies are true without any evidence.
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Interview with Marilyn Marks, Executive Director of the Council for Good Governance. We talk about the origins of her election activism, CGG's federal lawsuit against the Secretary of State of Georgia to prohibit Georgia's voting system from being used going forward and we end with a discussion on the national story of Coffee County, GA. In Coffee County a breach of election data could cause issues down the road for Georgia's election system.
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Coffee County, GA is a nationwide story because the Director of Registration and Elections allowed access to people sent by Trump's attorney, Sidney Powell. One gentleman that went to Coffee County is Scott Hall. We had dealings with him in Fulton County, GA. I cover Scott Hall in this episode.
Interview with Donnell Suggs, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlanta Voice.
Introduction to the podcast. Mike Lindell, international election observer, post 2018 Georgia Gubernatorial election, Stacey Abrams similarity with Donald Trump.