American Democracy Minute

What We're Grateful For In the Face of Attacks on Our Democracy Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Brennan Center - Voter Intimidation and Election Worker Intimidation Resource Guide Democracy Fund -  Democracy partners database NBC News - Election deniers overwhelmingly lost in battleground states Groups Taking Action: League of Women Voters , Common Cause , Public Citizen , League of United...

Midterm Exit Poll Finds Younger Black, Latino and Women Voters Voted Overwhelmingly for Democrats Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Tufts University CIRCLE - 2022 Election: Young Voters Have High Midterm Turnout, Influence Critical Races Tufts Tufts University CIRCLE - More than 8 Million Youth Are Newly Eligible Voters in 2022 Democracy Docket - Voter Suppression Is Youth Suppression Pew Re...

Younger Voters Turned Out and Were Critical to Outcomes in Battleground States Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Institute of Politics - Harvard Youth Poll Tufts University Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) - Millions of Youth Cast Ballots, Decide Key 2022 Races Teen Vogue - Youth Voter Turnout in t...

Not Counting Undated Absentee Ballots May Have Determined Outcome in PA House Race Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Patch.com - 1K Votes Tossed In Bucks County Could Impact House Control Bucks County Courier Times - Update: GOP's Hogan captures 142nd seat in Bucks County WHYY - Moffa concedes, Hogan takes 142nd state House district in Bucks County with 53-vote difference Groups Taking Actio...

Connecticut & Arizona Voters Stand Up for Democracy With Ballot Measure Wins Today’s Links Articles & Resources: BallotPedia - 2022 ballot measure election results Connecticut General Assembly - RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW FOR EARLY VOTING CT Insider - Connecticut passed early voting. What happens next? BallotPedia - Connecticut Question 1, Allow fo...

Nevada Citizen Initiative Takes Step Toward Ranked Choice Voting & Open Primaries Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Yes on 3 Nevada - Ballot initiative description BallotPedia - Nevada Question 3, Top-Five Ranked Choice Voting Initiative (2022) Nevada Current - Question 3: Election reform proposal ekes out victory, will return in 2024 Vox - The plan to save America by killing the partisa...

Citizen Initiative Protecting Voting Rights Passes in Michigan Today’s Links Articles & Resources:  Promote the Vote 2022 Coalition - About Promote the Vote 2022 Channel 9 & 10 News - Promote the Vote 2022 Submits Nearly 700,000 Signatures to Secretary of State Detroit Free Press - Michigan elections panel declines to send voting rights proposal to ballot Michigan Supreme Court - Decision...

Midterm Election Disruptions Cited by Election Deniers as Fraud - With No Evidence Today’s Links Articles & Resources:  Associated Press - Voting snag in Arizona fuels election conspiracy theories USA Today - Fact check: Printing glitches caused temporary vote-counting halt in Arizona Fox News - Trump blasts Maricopa County after Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly defeats Blake Masters: 'Do Election over...

The Few Midterm Election Disruptions Were Corrected Quickly  Today’s Links Articles & Resources: CNN - Voting goes mostly smoothly on Election Day as baseless fraud claims swirl Associated Press - Minor poll problems twisted into false US election claims PBS News Hour - Post-election misinformation targets Arizona and Pennsylvania Groups Taking Action: Common Cause , Center for American Progre...

Election Denier Candidates Mostly Lost, But Still Had Wide Support Today’s Links Articles & Resources:  NBC News - Election Results by State Politico - Election deniers go down in key secretary of state races CNN - Kari Lake raises unfounded doubts about election results in Arizona governor race that’s too early to call Reuters - Election denier loses race in Michigan; Arizona and Nevada not y...

It's Not Just Mail-In Ballots Slowing the Count -- It's Conspiracy Theories Today’s Links Articles & Resources:  Associated Press - Nevada officials begin unprecedented hand count of ballots AZ Central - In court, opponents of Cochise County hand count raise legal concerns as backers seek to allay fears Associated Press - Judge blocks hand-count of ballots in Cochise County NH Bulletin - Overv...

Don't Expect Results on Election Night -- But It's Worth the Wait Today’s Links Articles & Resources:  NBC News -- Mail-in and early in-person votes cast Brookings Institution -- Help democracy—cancel election night National Conference of State Legislatures -- When Absentee/Mail Ballot Processing and Counting Can Begin Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency -- Mail-In Voting Safegu...

Registration on Election Day Still an Option in 21 States Today’s Links Articles & Resources: The 21 States Which Have Same Day Registration:    California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Washington, DC, Idaho, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and  Wyoming. U.S. Election Assistance Commission -  Links to Re...

Poll Shows GOP Voters Continue to Have Low Confidence in Elections, Despite No Credible Evidence of Problems Today’s Links Articles & Resources:  Pew Research - Two Years After Election Turmoil, GOP Voters Remain Skeptical on Elections, Vote Counts U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency -  ELECTION SECURITY RUMOR VS. REALITY Election Assistance Assistance Commission -  ELECTIO...

Early Voting Windows Are Closing.  Check Your State's Deadlines Today’s Links Articles & Resources National Conference of State Legislatures - State Early Voting Dates USA.gov - Find My State or Local Election Office Website Vote.org -  Find Early Voting Locations Near You Connecticut Mirror - Early voting is on the ballot in CT, a key issue for Black and Latino residents Pew Trust - ‘Chaos an...

Eight States Have All-Mail-In Voting.  It Works, and it's Secure Today’s Links Articles:   National Conference of State Legislators - All-Mail Ballot States The Conversation - Mail-in voting lessons from Oregon, the state with the longest history of voting by mail Brennan Center for Justice - Records Show Massive Disenfranchisement and Racial Disparities in 2022 Texas Primary Pew Research - Two Ye...

Most Voters Have Never Used an Absentee Ballot;  We'll Give You the Basics Today’s Links Articles & Resources:   Rock the Vote -  Absentee Ballot Rules for Each State -- but your local election officials are your best resource! MIT Election Data Lab -  Voting by mail and absentee voting National Conference of State Legislatures - Voting Outside the Polling Place: Absentee, All-Mail and other V...

Early Voting is Popular Among All American Voters. Why?  Because it's More Convenient Today’s Links Articles:  Georgia Votes - Stats on Georgia 2022 Midterm Forbes - Most Americans Support Early Voting (A Democratic Priority) And Photo ID Laws (A Republican One), Survey Finds BallotPedia - Arguments for and against early voting United States Elections Project - 2022 General Election Early Voting S...

Why People Don't Vote Week:  Some of the Solutions to Getting Nonvoters to Register & Vote Today’s Links Articles: Center for American Progress - Increasing Voter Participation in America National Conference of State Legislatures-   Automatic Voter Registration National Conference of State Legislatures-  Online Voter Registration National Affairs- Does High Voter Turnout Help One Party? Groups...

Why People Don't Vote Week:  You Can't Vote if You Don't Register -- So Why Don't Nonvoters Register? Today’s Links Articles: Knight Foundation - The Hundred Million Project study CNN/SSIS Poll - Americans’ confidence in elections has faded since January 6 Brennan Center - Poll: Majority of Voters Confident Midterms Will Be Conducted Fairly, with Reliable Results Associated Press - Many remain cri...

Why People Don't Vote Week: Nonvoters Cite Lack of Faith in Electoral System as Reason Not to Show Up Knight Foundation - The Hundred Million Project study CNN/SSIS Poll - Americans’ confidence in elections has faded since January 6 Brennan Center - Poll: Majority of Voters Confident Midterms Will Be Conducted Fairly, with Reliable Results Associated Press - Many remain critical of state of US dem...

Why People Don't Vote Week:   Nonvoters Less Likely to Follow News, Discuss Politics with Others Medill School of Journalism - AMERICANS ARE LESS HOPEFUL OVERALL, BUT NONVOTERS ARE ESPECIALLY FATALISTIC New York Times - What Really Makes Us Vote? It May Be Our Parents FiveThirtyEight.com - Why Many Americans Don't Vote NPR - Poll: Despite Record Turnout, 80 Million Americans Didn't Vote. Here's Wh...

Why People Don't Vote Week:   Surveys Show Many Nonvoters Don't Think Their Vote Matters Today’s Links Articles:   FiveThirtyEight.com - Why Many Americans Don't Vote NPR - Poll: Despite Record Turnout, 80 Million Americans Didn't Vote. Here's Why CNBC - ‘I don’t plan to vote ever again’: The psychology of why so many people don’t vote, even in 2020 Groups Taking Action: Movement Voter Project , V...

Hand Counting Ballots Takes Longer, is Less Accurate, and Costs More.  So Why is It Being Proposed Around the Country? Today’s Links Articles: NPR - Hand-counting ballots may sound nice. It's actually less accurate and more expensive Associated Press - Some in GOP want ballots to be counted by hand, not machines Nevada Independent - How should Nevada hand count ballots? Nye County, state election...

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:...