We’re in Wisconsin today, where the state supreme court, after unwinding gerrymandering in state house and senate districts, has appointed lower court judicial panels to hear challenges to Wisconsin’s congressional districts. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

North Carolina’s mid-decade gerrymandering appears to have prevailed against pro-voter court challenges, and party allegiance has apparently prevailed in the Indiana Senate, which may gerrymander its congressional map after all. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

As congressional candidates get ready for the 2026 midterms, the districts in which they run are still in limbo, waiting for the outcomes of two important racial gerrymandering cases in Texas and Louisiana. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Charges of illegal noncitizen voting have been filed by Kansas AG Kris Kobach against a respected local mayor, who just won reelection with 83% of the vote. The politically ambitious Kobach promises “hundreds” more prosecutions. It’s highly unlikely. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Nov. 18, a federal court ruling halted the Trump-requested Texas congressional districts and said “substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map.” It's already been appealed to SCOTUS. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

The UT judge who struck down the legislature’s proposed congressional map as “an extreme gerrymander” has faced threats of impeachment – and violence. FL’s legislature scheduled its initial congressional redistricting committee meeting for Dec. 4th. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

We recently reported that President Donald Trump pardoned many of the fake electors in the scheme to overturn the 2020 Presidential election. But state cases in Georgia and Nevada have just been rekindled. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

We have updates on the congressional midterm gerrymandering arms race from Indiana, Missouri, Kansas,and California. Florida, which has been on the sidelines, may enter the fray soon. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Mail-in ballots are popular with voters. But when the USPS doesn’t deliver an eligible mail-in ballot in time by no fault of the voter, should it still be counted? SCOTUS just accepted a case which could potentially disenfranchise those voters. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

In Oct., the UT legislature proposed another gerrymandered U.S. House map which violated state constitutional rules for redistricting. Nov. 10, the presiding judge rejected the legislature’s map, choosing a constitutionally-compliant one instead. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Days before the Nov 4th elections in CA and NJ, the U.S. DOJ announced it would send monitors to select counties for “transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.” Democratic turnout overwhelmed any attempt at suppression. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Nov. 7, Pres. Trump pardoned 77 accomplices in the attempted overturning of the 2020 election. They include C of S Mark Meadows, John Eastman & other lawyers who cooked up the fake electors scheme, Rudy Giuliani, and many fake electors. See the list: www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

The future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be at stake in today's U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais. 10 AM Eastern time Wednesday. Listen to the live stream here: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

Oct. 15th, a pivotal case in the future of the VRA will be heard in the SCOTUS. It pits the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause against 60 years of court precedent and 15th Amendment. Voting rights protections for minority Americans are at stake. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Dominion Voting Systems, used by an estimated 40% of American voters and the subject of debunked right wing conspiracy theories, has been acquired by a Missouri marketer of electronic poll books. It will now be known as Liberty Vote. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Hundreds of teens in this NJ community will work elections this year. Signing up to be a poll worker is a great way to support your local election officials and learn more about our democracy. https://tinyurl.com/5yx3whe7

The Trump administration confirmed in September it is sharing driver's license and SS info among federal agencies from a massive database of personal and voter data. A class action lawsuit by voters and pro-voter groups has been filed to stop it. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

We reported recently on a Maine ballot initiative pushing restrictions on voter ID and mail-in voting. Then mysteriously on Sept 30, 250 unmarked absentee ballots from Elsworth, Maine showed up in an Amazon package 40 miles away. The plot thickens. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

August 25th, a Utah judge ordered a new Congressional redistricting map drawn after finding the legislature had violated the state constitution. October 6th, the legislature defiantly passed a new gerrymandered map. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Two U.S. Supreme Court cases this term may allow the conservative majority to strike down Voting Rights Act protections of minority voters, and one of the few remaining limits to big money campaign spending in federal elections. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Trump’s March 25th executive order, attempting to override the U.S. Constitution’s grant of election authority to states and Congress, has so far been blocked by 4 of 5 lawsuits. A Sept 17 ruling allows a challenge from 19 states to move forward. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

We recently reported on a S. Carolina state supreme court case challenging the state constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering. The court ruled Sept 17 that manipulating voting districts for partisan power does NOT violate the state’s constitution. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Aug 29th, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services prohibited the League of Women Voters and other pro-voter groups from registering New Americans at naturalization ceremonies. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

ICYMI: @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social, a former FEC Commissioner and current ECU senior fellow, was on The Big Picture With @eisendrath.net this past Saturday and had a great discussion! If you missed it, listen here:

Earlier this summer the Trump Justice Department requested states turn over massive amounts of voter registration, balloting, and election administration records. Two states which refused the request, Maine and Oregon, are now being sued by DOJ. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

We reported that a UT state district court ordered a new Congressional map be drawn by Sept 25th. The GOP-dominated UT legislature asked for an emergency stay, which was denied on Sept 15th. The new fair map should be in place for the 2026 midterm. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

A bipartisan bill banning members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks has been introduced in the U.S. House. It appears the reform could pass, due in no small part to a tax break sweetener just for members. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

The American Bar Association has issued a final report and recommendations from its ABA Task Force for American Democracy. The report calls for major reforms to elections, civics education and the role of lawyers in defending constitutional governance. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

The MO Senate approved a new Congressional map Sept. 12th, manipulated to gain a GOP seat & preserve a majority in the U.S. House. So voters don’t override such bills, it also passed a constitutional proposal to make ballot initiatives harder to win. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Sept 4th, Native nations asked SCOTUS to uphold the longstanding right of individuals to bring voting rights complaints to court. If they takes the case, its decision could have consequences for voting rights protections under the Voting Rights Act. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Did the dog catch the car? We have election denier legal trouble involving voting dogs, former election officials claiming they’re political prisoners, and 2020 fake electors who claim they didn’t know what they were doing was wrong. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

National Voter Registration Day is coming up on September 16th. Are you registered? If you are, have you checked your registration recently? www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

A Utah judge ruled Congressional districts must be redrawn by Sept 25th. The state’s supreme court ruled last summer that the legislature’s circumvention of a citizen-led independent redistricting commission was unconstitutional. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

We reported that the State of Louisiana shifted its argument in Louisiana vs. Callais, and now claims the protections of Voting Rights Act of 1965 Section 2, are unconstitutional and no longer needed. Pro-voter groups are responding. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

The State of Louisiana’s new brief for a SCOTUS racial gerrymandering case now claims Sec. 2 of the VRA is unconstitutional because it allows race-conscious redistricting. It may suggest the state thinks more justices are ready to strike down the VRA. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

We reported recently on the Missouri governor’s call for a special session to gerrymander another GOP Congressional seat. What didn’t make the headlines was the gov’s additional request to make the citizen ballot initiative process harder. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Greetings! Apologies for being away from social media for a bit this summer. The @democracyminute.bsky.social soldiered on, posting our radio report every M-F. If you'd like to catch up, visit our website at americandemocracyminute.org or on on your favorite podcast provider.

The government is obligated by law to explain how it plans to use the information it collects. But the Trump administration hasn’t provided many details.

Maine voters approved Ballot Question 1 last fall, limiting contributions to SuperPACs spending money in state elections. Like the state’s foreign influence ban, it was ruled as likely unconstitutional. That’s what organizers hoped would happen. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

The voices of 86% of Maine voters were silenced July 14th as a federal appeals court found a 2023 ballot initiative limiting political spending by foreign-owned corporations likely violates the Constitution’s right to free speech. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

In May, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that individuals, in this case Native Americans, do not have a “private right of action” in voting rights cases. An emergency stay was granted July 22nd, and it’s likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Trump's DOJ sent letters to 12 secretaries of state requesting their complete voter records as part of his executive order on elections. The legality is questionable because it may violate the privacy and free speech rights of U.S. citizens. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

The FL Supreme Court, citing the Equal Protection Clause, upheld the racial gerrymandering of a North Florida congressional district, which eliminated a long-standing Black majority district and erode Voting Rights Act & state protections. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued a highly critical report of the City of Madison’s former clerk July 17th, after investigating how 193 mail-in ballots were left uncounted after the 2024 general election. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Rhode Island has given access to a permanent vote-by-mail list to all its voters, in a bill signed by Governor Dan McKee. The state joins nine other states and DC allowing voters to join a permanent vote by mail list. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Rules vary for how voter registration events can be conducted. The National Voter Registration Day organizers have collected the rules for each state, to get ready for Sept. 16th. nationalvoterregistrationday.org/state-voter-...

The @brennancenter.org released its survey of local election officials. It found continued concerns for threats against poll workers, and the loss of election security funding and staff after the Trump admin cut federal election security grants. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...

Dark money has NO place in our politics. "While the Covid restrictions are over, dark money groups remain powerful players in state and national politics, and the emails show how lax transparency laws shield them as they move funding for politicians or causes." www.theguardian.com/...

Five years after the fake elector scheme to overturn the 2020 election, legal accountability is grinding along for some of the conspirators and those who wittingly or unwittingly supported them. But pardons may be in the wind, too. www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/...