The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 11, 2026

Convicted County Election Official & Election Denier Tina Peters Had Her Sentence Commuted. CO Gov. Jared Polis Censured His Action.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis commuted the 9-year sentence for Mesa County clerk Tina Peters May 15th, leading to her release June 1st.  An unrepentant Peters immediately repeated her baseless voter fraud claims, and Polis has since been censured by his party.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

Colorado Newsline - Colorado Gov. Polis cuts Tina Peters’ prison sentence in half
Colorado Newsline - Colorado Democrats vote to censure Gov. Polis over Tina Peters commutation
Politico - Tina Peters says Democrats will ‘cheat’ in midterms
Colorado Public Radio - Tina Peters is free, but the story is likely far from over

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - CO Election Official Tina Peters Got 9 Years for Tampering with Election Machines to Prove the Big Lie.  Trump is Trying to Set Her Free.

American Democracy Minute - Colorado Election Official Who Allowed 2020 Conspiracy Theory Activists Access to County Voting Machine Data Found Guilty

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State 

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 10, 2026

What Could Go Wrong with Trump’s Mail-In Voting Executive Order and The USPS Plan to Implement It?  Bad Data, for One Thing.

In our last report, we shared the U.S. Postal Service’s plans for implementing President Trump’s executive order for verifying the citizenship of mail-in voters.  The flawed data on which the plan relies may result in election chaos and voters being disenfranchised. 

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

 The White House - ENSURING CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION AND INTEGRITY IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS
U.S. Postal Service via The Federal Register - Proposal to Comply President Trump's Executive Order: POSTAL SERVICE 39 CFR Part 111 Ballot Mail for Federal Elections
Brennan Center for Justice - Analyzing the President’s Executive Order on Mail Voting 
Fair Elections Center - Eligible Voters at Risk: Examining Changes to USCIS’s SAVE System
Texas Tribune/ProPublica - A federal tool to check voter citizenship keeps making mistakes. It led to confusion in Texas.
Protect Democracy - The SAVE tool, explained
Protect Democracy - The ‘SAVE’ Tool Could Disenfranchise U.S. Citizens
American Immigration Council - The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program: A Fact Sheet

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Federal Circuit Courts Block Trump DOJ from Obtaining California and Oregon Voter Data

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State 

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 9, 2026

In Response to Executive Order Federalizing Mail-In Voting Rules, the U.S. Postal Service Proposes Rules to Verify Voter Eligibility
Recently, a federal court allowed - for now - President Trump’s executive order governing mail-in ballots.  The US Postal Service has been tasked with implementing much of the order, and USPS just proposed how the process will work.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

The White House - ENSURING CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION AND INTEGRITY IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS
U.S. Postal Service via The Federal Register - Proposal to Comply President Trump's Executive Order: POSTAL SERVICE 39 CFR Part 111 Ballot Mail for Federal Elections
CyberScoop - USPS moving forward with mail-in ballot changes as courts weigh Trump’s election order
Brennan Center for Justice - Analyzing the President’s Executive Order on Mail Voting 

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Federal Court Allows Trump Order Federalizing Mail-In Voting Rules to Proceed Because Voters Haven’t Been Harmed – Yet

American Democracy Minute - Trump Issues Executive Order Attempting to Federalize Mail-In Voting Rules and Establish ‘State Citizenship List’.  It’s Beyond His Authority.

Groups Taking Action:

Common Cause, National Vote at Home Institute,  Asian Americans Advancing Justice,  American Postal Workers Union

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State 

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#NewsAlerts #AmericanDemocracy #MailInVoting #VoteatHome #TrumpExecutiveOrder #USPS

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 8, 2026

California Primary Mail-In Ballot Count Methodically Continues Amidst Trumped Up Fraud Accusations and U.S. DOJ Investigations
It’s been a week since the California state primary, and election workers continue the methodical counting of mail-in ballots.  In a now familiar pattern, after President Donald Trump complained of “big cheating” in the election count, the U.S. Department of Justice announced election fraud investigations on June 5th.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
CalMatters - Live California election results
California Secretary of State - California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Reminds Californians What to Expect During the Vote Count Process  
California Secretary of State - Vote by Mail (Absentee) Ballot Use 1962-2024

Truth Social - June 4 Post by President Donald Trump Accusing Democrats of Voter Fraud
The Guardian - Trump claims without proof Democrats are ‘trying to steal’ California primaries
The New Republic - DOJ Investigates California for “Voter Fraud” in Middle of Election
GV Wire - Letter from Gov. Gavin Newsom to Election Officials
BBC - Here's why counting votes in California is taking so long 

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - In State of the Union Speech, Trump Pushes ‘SAVE America Act’, Voter ID, Proof of Citizenship and Ending Mail-In Ballots; Repeats Debunked Noncitizen Voting Claims

American Democracy Minute - Trump DOJ Says It Will Monitor Elections Nov. 4th in Five California Counties. Many Fear It’s a Voter Intimidation Tactic.

Groups Taking Action:

Common Cause CA

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#NewsAlerts #AmericanDemocracy #California #GavinNewsom #DonaldTrump #PrimaryElection #ElectionResults 

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 5, 2026

Unsigned SCOTUS Alabama Order May Make Intentional Discrimination Even Harder to Prove and Allow States to Ignore the Purcell Principle

We recently reported that the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority greenlighted Alabama’s return to its 2003 congressional district map, twice struck down by a lower court as intentionally discriminatory.  One election law expert calls it a “significant and very bad” decision.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

U.S. Supreme Court - Order Allowing Alabama to use its discriminatory 2003 Map, overturning lower court
U.S. District Court (via ACLU) -  Decision affirming Alabama's 2003 congressional map was intentionally discriminatory
Election Law Blog - Professor Rick Hasen, UCLA Law School  - Breaking: The Supreme Court, Over the Dissent of the 3 Liberal Justices, Allows Alabama to Use Maps that a Lower Court Found to Be Intentionally Discriminating Against Black Voters (Now Updated with Analysis–This is a Significant and Very Bad Ruling)
Election Law Blog - Professor Travis Crum, Washington University School of Law - The Supreme Court Rewards Alabama’s Defiance
Brennan Center for Justice - What the Supreme Court Gets Wrong About Democracy in the South

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute -  The Purcell Principle, Often Used in the SCOTUS Shadow Docket, Will Be Argued in the Texas Gerrymandering Decision.  What is it?

American Democracy Minute - U.S. Supreme Court Majority Greenlights Alabama’s 2023 Congressional Map, After a Lower Court Panel Said -Again- It Intentionally Discriminated

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State 

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#NewsAlerts #AmericanDemocracy #Alabama #USSupremeCourt #Milligan #RacialDiscrimination #ShadowDocket #VotingRightsAct

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 4, 2026

U.S. Supreme Court Majority Greenlights Alabama’s 2023 Congressional Map, After a Lower Court Panel Said - Again - It Intentionally Discriminated
May 26th, a federal district court ruled for the second time that the State of Alabama’s 2023 congressional district map was intentionally discriminatory. It said “Our re-examination in light of Callais yields the same conclusion.” June 2nd, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned that decision.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

U.S. Supreme Court - Order Staying Lower Court's Order and Allowing Alabama to Use the 2023 Map
U.S. District Court (via ACLU) – Order Temporarily Barring Alabama from Using 2003 Congressional Map
SCOTUSBlog - Supreme Court permits Alabama to use congressional map struck by lower court as racially discriminatory
Alabama Reflector - Supreme Court allows Alabama to use 2023 congressional map in August special primary

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Federal Court Panel Rejects Alabama Congressional Map -Again- as Intentional Discrimination.  State Officials Appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

American Democracy Minute - (2025) Fallout Continues from 2023 SCOTUS ‘Milligan’ Decision, as the Alabama Legislature Faces Possible Return of Preclearance Requirements
American Democracy Minute - (2025) For the First Time in American History, Alabama Has 2 Black Members Congress, Thanks to the Protections of the VRA.  It Wasn’t Easy.

Groups Taking Action:

Legal Defense Fund, ACLU

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#NewsAlerts #AmericanDemocracy #Alabama #USSupremeCourt #SCOTUS #RacialDiscrimination #Milligan
#RacialGerrymandering

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 3, 2026

Louisiana Legislature Eliminates One of Two Majority Black Congressional Districts, Flipping One to the GOP, After SCOTUS Callais Decision
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed a new congressional district map May 29th, eliminating one of two Black majority districts by adding nearby conservative White majority voters.  It’s the latest Black majority district to fall after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Callais decision.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

Louisana Illuminator - Louisiana congressional map boosting Republicans nears final passage
Louisiana Illuminator - Litigation looms as Louisiana Legislature approves new congressional map
SCOTUSBlog - Louisiana v. Callais (Voting Rights Act)
U.S. Supreme Court - Opinion in Rucho v. Common Cause

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Louisiana’s Racial Gerrymandering Defense to SCOTUS Switches from ‘It was for Partisan Reasons’ to ‘The VRA is Unconstitutional’

American Democracy Minute - U.S. Supreme Court Neutralizes Remaining VRA Section 2 Protections for Minority Voters and Imperils Majority-Minority Voting Districts Nationwide

Groups Taking Action:

League of Women Voters, Legal Defense Fund, ACLU LA

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State 

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#NewsAlerts #AmericanDemocracy #Louisiana #RacialGerrymandering #Callais #MajorityMinority #Redistricting  #RacialDiscrimination

American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 2, 2026

New Hampshire’s Proof of Citizenship Law Violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments as Undue Burden, Rules Federal District Judge 

A federal judge ruled May 29th that New Hampshire’s 2024 proof of citizenship law intended to stop a microscopic noncitizen voting and voter fraud threat created a significant burden to eligible voters and violated the U.S. Constitution.  It’s the first such law to be tested.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
U.S. District Court for NH (via New Hampshire Bulletin - Decision in Coalition for Open Democracy v. Scanlan, NH Youth Movement v. Scanlan
New Hampshire Bulletin - Ahead of midterms, federal court strikes down NH proof-of-citizenship voter registration law
New Hampshire Public Radio - Judge strikes down NH’s ‘proof of citizenship’ voting law

NH Secretary of State -  Secretary of State David Scanlan Issues Statement Following District Court’s Ruling on HB 1569

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - (Feb. 2026) Proof of Citizenship: Trial Begins on Strict NH Law; FL Bill Advances; VA Bill Ends Voter Roll Searches for Registered Noncitizens 90 Days Before the Election

American Democracy Minute - (June 2024) NH Voter Suppression Bill Eliminates Sworn Affidavits for Voter Registration, Demanding Citizenship Documents for Otherwise Qualified Voters. It Could Disenfranchise Thousands.

Groups Taking Action:

Coalition for Open Democracy, ACLU NH, NH Youth Movement

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#NewsAlerts #AmericanDemocracy #HB1569 #VoterSuppression #ProofofCitizenship #NHPolitics #14thAmendment #1stAmendment

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 1, 2026

Federal Court Allows Trump Order Federalizing Mail-In Voting Rules to Proceed Because Voters Haven’t Been Harmed – Yet
Because no voters had yet been harmed, a federal district court allowed the Trump administration to proceed with President Donald Trump’s March 31 executive order federalizing mail-in voting rules. The order is widely seen as unconstitutional.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

U.S. District Court for DC - Consolidates Complaints from NAACP, League of United Latin American Citizens, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee
The White House - ENSURING CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION AND INTEGRITY IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS
U.S. Postal Service - Proposal for Implementation of Executive Order on Mail-In Voting 
Washington Post - Court lets Trump’s executive order limiting mail-in voting stand, for now

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Trump Issues Executive Order Attempting to Federalize Mail-In Voting Rules and Establish ‘State Citizenship List’.  It’s Beyond His Authority.

American Democracy Minute - Trump Executive Order on Mail-In Voting Spurs 5 Lawsuits from States, Pro-Democracy Groups, Civil Rights Groups and the Democratic Party

Groups Taking Action:

NAACP, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, LULAC

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 29, 2026

Federal Court Panel Rejects Alabama Congressional Map - Again - as Intentional Discrimination.  State Officials Appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
There’s another showdown between the courts and the State of Alabama over congressional district maps, and it’s likely headed - you guessed it - back to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
Alabama Reflector - Federal judges block Alabama’s use of 2023 congressional map

Alabama Reflector - Alabama appeals congressional map ruling to US Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court - State of Alabama Application to Restore 2003 Congressional Map
U.S. District Court (via ACLU) - Order Temporarily Barring Alabama from Using 2003 Congressional Map
U.S. Supreme Court - Alabama's Appeal of District Court's Order 
SCOTUSBlog - Alabama urges Supreme Court to allow for use of congressional map struck by lower court as racially discriminatory

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - (May 8) U.S. Supreme Court Stays Lower Court Order Which Created Another Alabama Majority-Black Voting District – An Order It Previously Upheld
American Democracy Minute - (2023) Federal Appeals Court Slams Alabama Legislature for Defying U.S. Supreme Court’s Milligan Ruling and Strikes Down Revised Maps

Groups Taking Action:

NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU, Greater Birmingham Ministries

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#NewsAlerts #AmericanDemocracy #Alabama #AllenvMilligan #VotingRightsAct #VRA #RacialGerrymandering #RacialDiscrimination