The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Oct. 1, 2024

Early Voting Ramps Up in Most States in October, and Voter Registration Deadlines Begin to Close.  What’s Your Registration and Voting Plan?
Early voting for the 2024 general election has begun in six states, either by mail or in-person. Another nine states begin next week.  But, beware, voter registration begins closing next week in 14 states.   Do you have a plan to vote?

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
BallotPedia - Early voting dates, 2024
BallotPedia - Voter registration deadlines, 2024
US Vote Foundation - Want to Vote Early in 2024? Check your State's Early Voting Dates.
National Conference of State Legislatures - Same-Day Voter Registration

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 30, 2024

NH Primary AI Robocall Costs Operative $6 Million; Newsmax Settles with Smartmatic Over Airing 2020 Voting Machine Conspiracy Theories
The FCC levied a $6 Million dollar fine Sept. 26th for an A-I deep fake robocall in January’s NH Presidential Primary, and on the eve of a civil trial, conservative outlet Newsmax settled a lawsuit with voting machine maker Smartmatic. 

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - Suspected Senders Identified in AI-Generated Robo Calls Faking Joe Biden’s Voice Before New Hampshire’s Presidential Primary
Federal Communications Commission - FCC FINES MAN BEHIND ELECTION INTERFERENCE SCHEME $6
MILLION FOR SENDING ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS THAT USED
DEEPFAKE GENERATIVE AI TECHNOLOGY
InDepthNH - Consultant Fined $6M for NH Robo Calls Imitating Biden Before January Primary
CNN - Fox board members subpoenaed in Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit over 2020 election lies

NPR - Voting-tech company settles with right-wing network over false election claims
The Guardian - Newsmax and Smartmatic settle 2020 US election defamation lawsuit
American Democracy Minute - (2023) Fox News Troubles Not Over Yet, With More Potentially Embarrassing Lawsuits Pending

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 27, 2024

Spoiler Alert: Ranked Choice Voting Could Solve the Green Party and JFK Jr. ‘Spoiler Effect
Spoiler alert:  Both major political parties are trying to minimize the impact of voters choosing third party candidates in the 2024 election.  What could fix the “spoiler effect”, and allow third party candidates to still compete?   Ranked choice voting.

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Articles & Resources:

CBS News - Republican allies boost longshot candidate Jill Stein as Democrats try to remove her from ballots in battleground states
FairVote - Jill Stein, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and spoiler season
Politico - Democratic tactics against RFK Jr. are rattling his campaign
CBS News -  Democrats and their allies sue to keep RFK Jr. off the ballot in several states
CNN - How RFK Jr.’s presence on the Maine ballot could delay a projection in the 2024 race
Portland Press Herald/The Fulcrum - Opinion: We’re taking ranked-choice voting national for presidential elections
Ranked Vote - 2024 RCV Ballot Measures and Impact
Represent.Us - Video - How RCV works and the Spoiler Effect

Groups Taking Action:

FairVote, Represent.Us, Rank the Vote

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report for Sept. 26, 2024

US Postal Service Slowdowns Concern State Election Officials; Will DeJoy’s Leaner USPS Deliver Ballots in Time?
GOP challenges to state laws allowing the counting of properly postmarked mail ballots after the election takes on more significance when considering chronic U.S. Postal Service delays. U.S election officials are worried.

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Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - GOP Challenge to Mississippi Mail Ballot Deadline Law Likely to Set Up U.S. Supreme Court Challenge with National Consequences
U.S. Postal Service - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Defines Change Imperative and Touts Modernization Progress in 2024 National Postal Forum Keynote
U.S. Postal Service - List of Sorting Centers Under Review for Closure or Consolidation
National Association of State Election Directors - NASED, NASS, and Local Election Official Associations Send Joint Letter to USPS Postmaster General
The Guardian - US Postal Service delays threaten to disrupt election voting, officials say
The 19th - Voting by mail? Election workers are worried about issues at the Postal Service

Groups Taking Action:
Save the Post Office, Vote at Home Institute, Public Citizen

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 25, 2024

GOP Challenge to Mississippi Mail Ballot Deadline Law Likely to Set Up U.S. Supreme Court Challenge with National Consequences

National and state Republicans will ask the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down a Mississippi law which counts mail-in ballots up to five days after election day.  The decision could have national consequences.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals via Democracy Docket - RNC/Mississippi GOP Complaint

Mississippi Today - RNC appealing federal judge’s order upholding Mississippi’s absentee ballot counting law
Democracy Docket - RNC Challenge to Mississippi’s Mail-In Ballot Deadline to Be Heard by 5th Circuit
National Conference of State Legislatures - Receipt and Postmark Deadlines for Absentee/Mail Ballots

FindLaw - Mississippi Absentee Ballot Delivery Code, Title 23. Elections § 23-15-637
CNN - Three Trump appeals court judges will consider a case that could limit mail-in voting

Groups Taking Action:

League of Women Voters MS, Disability Rights Mississippi, ACLU Mississippi

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report for Sept. 24, 2024

Updates on 97,000 Registered AZ Voters Without Citizenship Proof, CO Open Primaries & RCV Poll; and Stickering Out RFK Jr. in WI

We have three quick state updates, including a court decision favoring the over 97,000 Arizona voters who didn’t have citizenship documents on file, a promising poll showing Colorado voters may embrace open primaries and ranked choice voting, and a court case by Robert F. Kennedy to sticker out his name in Wisconsin.

***Today's audio report erroneously refers to the Wisconsin Election Commission as the "Wisconsin Ballot Commission."  We've corrected it in print and apologize for the error.***

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

Arizona Mirror - AZ Supreme Court won’t limit 97,000 improperly registered voters

Arizona Supreme Court - Decision - MARICOPA COUNTY RECORDER STEPHEN v. ARIZONA SECRETARY OF STATE ADRIAN FONTES
Colorado Sun - Colorado’s all-candidate primary and ranked choice general election ballot measure is poised to pass, poll shows
Votebeat Wisconsin - Wisconsin clerks in sticker shock over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request to have name covered on ballot
Wisconsin Examiner - Appeals court will hear RFK Jr. lawsuit to get off presidential ballot
WISN - Wisconsin Supreme Court to take Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ballot challenge

Groups Taking Action:
Colorado Voters First

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 23, 2024

Georgia State Board of Elections Passes Hand Count Reconciliation Rule Against Recommendations of SOS and County Election Officials
Against the recommendations of state and county election officials, three Trump loyalists serving on the Georgia State Election Board voted Friday to mandate county election officials to do a hand count reconciliation of machine counted ballots.  The move may unnecessarily delay results and require more personnel.

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Articles & Resources:
Georgia State Election Board - Revisions to Subject 183-1-12-.12 Tabulating Results
Georgia Recorder - Georgia board’s Trump loyalists OK rule to require ballot hand counts despite warnings by state AG

SOS Brad Raffensperger - Raffensperger Defends Georgia’s Election Integrity Act from Last Minute Changes Delaying Election Results
Associated Press - Raffensperger blasts proposed rule requiring hand count of ballots at Georgia polling places
Georgia Secretary of State - Rules under consideration by the Georgia State Election Board

CNN - Gov. Brian Kemp doesn’t need to investigate Georgia election board members who pushed new rule changes, state AG finds
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Fair Fight Action, Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (CREW), ACLU GA,  Common Cause GA

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 20, 2024

Alabama SOS Sweeps Up Naturalized Citizens In Move to Root Out Noncitizen Voters, Spurs Lawsuit
Shortly after taking office, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen directed state election officials to invalidate voter registrations of immigrants who had been issued a Permanent Resident, or “green” card by the U.S. Government.  In his zeal to root out noncitizens, he apparently invalidated eligible U.S. naturalized citizens as well.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

U.S. District Court, Northern District via Democracy Docket - Complaint
Associated Press - Lawsuit says Alabama voter purge targets naturalized citizens
NPR - The GOP is making false claims about noncitizens voting. It’s affecting real voters

Brennan Center for Justice - Noncitizen Voting Isn’t Affecting State or Federal Elections — Here’s Why
Alabama Political Reporter - Undocumented woman charged for voting fraud, but research shows noncitizen voting is rare and overstated

Groups Taking Action:
Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, League of Women Voters AL,  Alabama State Conference of the NAACP

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 19, 2024

State Data Mistake Puts Voting in Local & State Elections at Risk for 97,000 Arizonans
Voting in state and local elections is at risk for an estimated 97,000 longtime Arizona voters due to a proof of citizenship data tracking problem at the DMV.

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Articles & Resources:
Office of Governor Katie Hobbs - Governor Katie Hobbs Statement on Administrative Issue With AVID and Its Interface With MVD

Arizona Mirror/Votebeat - Error with tracking citizenship puts nearly 100,000 Arizona voters’ eligibility in limbo
KATR News - Interview with Maricopa County Recorder

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 18, 2024

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Intentionally Misleading Description Language for Citizen Redistricting Ballot Measure 
In a dubious decision, the Ohio Supreme Court mostly upheld the state ballot board’s intentionally misleading description for a citizen redistricting commission measure for the November ballot.

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Articles & Resources:
American Democracy Minute - Ohio SOS Under Fire Again, This Time for Sabotaging the Ballot Measure Description for a Citizen-Led Redistricting Commission
Ohio Supreme Court - Decision in THE STATE EX REL. CITIZENS NOT POLITICIANS ET AL. v. OHIO BALLOT BOARD

Ohio Capital Journal - Ohio Supreme Court approves redistricting summary with only two small revisions

Groups Taking Action:

Citizens Not Politicians,  League of Women Voters OH, ACLU Ohio

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