1. Bradley Louis Friedman was born on July 19,1966 and is an American blogger, journalist, actor, radio broadcaster, director and software programmer, most known for his criticism of election integrity issues in the United States.
14 Facts About Brad Friedman
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Brad Friedman's blog covers voting rights and election integrity issues in the US, and a number of other subjects related to media reform and political corruption from a progressive standpoint.
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Brad Friedman is a noted advocate of a return to paper balloting and of the role of bloggers as journalists.
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Brad Friedman has been described in The New York Times as "perhaps the most dogged critic of electronic voting machine technology in the blogosphere".
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Brad Friedman is featured in numerous documentary films, interviewed as an investigative journalist, and expert in issues of election integrity and voting systems.
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In July 2006, Hustler magazine featured an article in which Brad Friedman discussed the alleged suicide of Raymond Lemme, an investigator tracking down claims of vote-rigging by Congressman Tom Feeney, as alleged by Florida software programmer Clint Curtis in a story Brad Friedman broke in late 2004 and has covered in great detail ever since.
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Brad Friedman reported on suspicions that the 2008 New Hampshire Democratic primary was rigged.
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Brad Friedman has extensively covered the case of Ann Coulter's voter fraud issues in Florida.
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In 2008 Brad Friedman reported critically on the FBI investigation into the suspected involvement of Bruce Ivins in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
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An exclusive interview Brad Friedman conducted with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, just prior to the 2008 general election, was published in two parts; one part in Computerworld, noted Brunner's memorable thought upon reviewing the "awful" findings of the state's report on the security of electronic voting systems in Ohio, and the other in Alternet quoting the Secretary as stating "we will be ready" for the 2008 election.
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Brad Friedman contributed a chapter on Nevada's "illegally certified" electronic voting machines to Loser Take All, a collection of essays on America's voting system, published by Ig Publishing in 2008, as edited by NYU media professor, author and outspoken election integrity advocate Mark Crispin Miller.
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Brad Friedman was tapped by Kucinich as one of several experts who helped to compile two of the 35 articles of impeachment as introduced in Congress in 2008.
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Brad Friedman is the creator and publisher of The BRAD BLOG, which the Los Angeles Times has described as California's "most persistent blogger-watchdog on the dangers of voting technology".
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Brad Friedman has worked doggedly on this issue, amassing tons of valuable news and information on this subject.