American Democracy Minute

2023 Anti-Voter Predictions - Early Voting Was Too Successful & Will Be Restricted Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Associated Press - Effect of Georgia’s voting law unclear, despite high turnout Voting Rights Lab - Availability of In-Person Early Voting Deseret News - Skip the election day lines: Here are the states that offer early voting BallotPedia - Arguments for and against early...

Among Growing Anti-Voter Legislation, There Were Some Democracy Reform Successes in 2022 Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Brennan Center for Justice - Americans rejected election denial and adopted reforms. Let’s build on that in 2023 NPR - 2020 changed how America votes. The question now is whether those changes stick Alaska Bulletin - Five takeaway lessons from Alaska’s first ranked choic...

Critical Democracy Court Cases in 2022 Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Democracy Docket - Looking Back at Voting Rights Litigation in 2022 Brennan Center for Justice - Voting Rights Litigation Tracker All About Redistricting - Redistricting Cases Voting Rights Lab - The State of State Election Law Since 2020 Today's Script:  (Variations occur with audio due to editing for time)  You’re lis...

10 States Made it Harder to Vote in 2022 Articles & Resources: Brennan Center for Justice - Voting Laws Roundup: October 2022 Center for Public Integrity - A headlong rush by states to attack voting access — or expand it The Guardian/Reveal - New US state voting laws present most intense voter suppression threat in decades PBS - How controversial new voting laws are impacting 2022 elections Gr...

Electoral Count Reform Act Passes; ADM Reviews Democracy Wins & Losses for 2022 Today’s Links Articles & Resources: CNN -  Congress passes first legislative response to January 6 Capitol attack Center for Public Integrity - A headlong rush by states to attack voting access — or expand it The Guardian/Reveal - New US state voting laws present most intense voter suppression threat in decades...

The State of Florida Arrests Felons Who Voted Given Voter Registration Cards Issued to Them . . .  By the State of Florida Today’s Links Articles:  Tampa Bay Times - Police cameras show confusion, anger over DeSantis’ voter fraud arrests WGCU - Questions grow over Gov. DeSantis' voter fraud arrests Associated Press - DeSantis’ election police unit announces voter fraud cases Groups Taking Action:...

Electoral Count Reform Act Attached to Spending Bill and Likely to Pass Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Politico - What’s in and what’s out of Congress’ $1.7T spending bill Washington Post (paywall) - Congress moves ahead on Electoral Count Act reforms in response to Jan. 6 The Hill - Electoral Count Act set to deliver another blow to Trump ECRA-Sponsor U.S. Senator Susan Collins - ELECTOR...

The Big Lie Lives On - Arizona Courts Hear 2022 Election Denier Lawsuits Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Arizona Mirror - Mark Finchem’s ‘frivolous’ bid to overturn the election is booted from court Arizona Mirror - Finchem response to motion to dismiss rife with errors, evidence-free theories The Hill - Arizona judge dismisses most of Kari Lake’s lawsuit challenging election results Huffi...

North Carolina Supreme Court Throws Out State Senate Map, Voter ID Law Today’s Links Articles & Resources: The Charlotte Post/AP - NC justices: State Senate map must be drawn again Jurist/University of Pittsburgh - North Carolina Supreme Court strikes down gerrymandered district maps Washington Post - N.C. court strikes down voter ID law as intentional racial discrimination North Carolina Supr...

Final January 6th Committee Hearing Dec. 19th, Including a Criminal Referral Vote for Fmr. President Trump Articles & Resources: NPR - The Jan. 6 committee will take up criminal referrals against Donald Trump Axios - Jan. 6 committee teases new evidence ahead of final hearing January 6th Committee - Live Stream of the Hearing, Monday, December 19, 1 pm Eastern Los Angeles Times - Previous Hear...

Will House & Senate Differences on the Electoral Count Reform Act be Resolved in Time? Today’s Links Articles & Resources: The Bulwark - Clock Is Ticking on Chance to Fix the Electoral Count Act Roll Call - Schumer says he expects omnibus to include electoral count overhaul Associated Press - What’s in the House, Senate bills overhauling Jan. 6 count Brennan Center for Justice - How to Fix...

An Interview with Crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Shows How  Reported - And Unreported -- Money Funds Our Candidates Today’s Links Articles & Resources:  Journalist Tiffany Fong - Interview with former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Campaign donation discussions at 13 minutes) CNBC - Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried hit with campaign finance complaint over GOP ‘dark’ money Forbes - Sam Bankman-Fried...

2023 Texas Bills Propose More Restrictions, Penalties, Oversight, and an Election Police Force Today’s Links Articles & Resources: NBC News - Texas Republicans propose a Florida-style election police force as it tees up more changes to voting laws Texas Tribune - Texas lawmakers target property taxes, election fraud and transgender people in new legislation ahead of 2023 session The Texan - Il...

Kansas Gerrymandering Going to SCOTUS; Ohio Loses a Fair Maps Defender Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Kansas News Service - ACLU of Kansas wants U.S. Supreme Court to ditch state’s congressional map over race Topeka Capital Journal - Groups seek to send Kansas congressional redistricting case to U.S. Supreme Court Spectrum News  - Future of map redistricting uncertain with new members of...

2020 Voter Suppress Robo Call Perpetrators Plead Guilty - Get 500 Hours of Registering Voters Today’s Links Articles & Resources : NPR - They ran a voter suppression scheme. Now they're sentenced to register voters Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law - FCC Levies $5 Million Fine, Affirms Civil Rights Protections Against Voter Suppression Robocalls Insider - Less than 7% of bungling co...

Democracy Disaster May Have Been Averted, But How Narrow Will the Moore vs. Harper Decision Be? Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Democracy Docket - Headed Toward a Middle Ground? Today’s Argument in Moore v. Harper Center for American Progress - Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Moore v. Harper Discredit Election Theory That Could Undermine Democracy ' CNN - Takeaways from Moore v. Harper, th...

Justices Raise Skeptical Questions During Oral Arguments on Moore v. Harper Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Democracy Docket -  Live Updates from Oral Arguments CNN - Takeaways from Moore v. Harper, the historic Supreme Court arguments on election rules U.S. Supreme Cout - Audio from Moore v. Harper Oral Arguments Groups Taking Action: Common Cause, Center for American Progress , ACLU  Tod...

What Happens if the SCOTUS Majority Embraces the Independent State Legislature Theory in Moore v. Harper? Today’s Links Articles:  Brennan Center for Justice - Moore v. Harper, Explained The Atlantic - Is Democracy Constitutional? PBS NewsHour - How the outcome of Moore v. Harper could impact federal elections League of Women Voters US - State Legislature Seeks Unchecked Power over Elections in Mo...

Moore vs. Harper "Independent State Legislature" Case Has a Shaky Foundation Today’s Links Articles: Politico – Fraudulent Document Cited in Supreme Court Bid to Torch Election Law Appellate Advocacy Blog  – History Rewritten to Serve Selfish Ends – and Serve an Argument Brennan Center for Justice – Moore v. Harper, Explained American Redistricting Project  – Timeline and Document Submissions for...

Worried About Your Right to Vote?  You Should Be.  Dec. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Moore v. Harper Today’s Links Articles:  Brennan Center for Justice – Moore v. Harper, Explained Brennan Center for Justice - Explainer Video on YouTube Official U.S. Supreme Court Site - Links to Briefs American Redistricting Project  – Timeline and Document Submissions for Moore v. Harper Th...

Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Reuters - Republicans in one Arizona county refuse to certify election results Democracy Docket - Arizona Secretary of State Sues Cochise County for Failing to Canvass Election Results Democracy Docket - Cochise County, Arizona Attempts Another Hand Count NPR - Counties in Arizona, Pennsylvania fail to certify election results by legal deadlines National Rev...

Another Kind of Runoff Election is Growing -- Instant Runoff Ranked Choice Voting Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Ranked Choice Voting - RANKED CHOICE VOTING Better Ballots Georgia - What is Instant Runoff Voting? The Advocate - Letters: An 'instant' fix for Louisiana’s ruined runoffs? a ranked-choice voting ballot State of Maine - Ranked-choice voting in Maine: Frequently Asked Questions...

Runoff Elections Used in 10 States to Determine Party Nominees  Today’s Links Articles & Resources: BallotPedia - Runoff elections Washington Post - Runoff elections a relic of the Democratic South National Conference of State Legislatures - Primary Runoff Elections Democracy Docket - The Racist Roots of Runoffs in the South Groups Taking Action:  Open Primaries , Fair Vote , Fair Fight , Powe...

What's a Runoff Election and Why Don't We Hear About it More Often? Today’s Links Articles & Resources: BallotPedia - Runoff elections BallotPedia - United States Senate election in Georgia, 2022 (December 6 runoff) BallotPedia - Louisiana majority-vote system Fox 5 Atlanta - Which counties offer Saturday early voting in Georgia runoff election for US Senate? WAFB Baton Rouge - Early voting un...

Finger Pointing in Harris County Texas After Problems Apparently Disenfranchised Voters Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Washington Post - Texas investigating voting difficulties in Houston’s Harris County Vote Beat Texasx/Texas Tribune - Here’s why we still don’t know what went wrong in Harris County on Election Day Texas Freedom Network - Statement: Judge Rules Harris County Polling Locat...