The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan. 29, 2024

Mixed News for North Carolina Voters, as Federal Courts Temporarily Block Voter Suppression Bill but Uphold Racially Gerrymandered Maps
Opinions in two North Carolina cases offer both good democracy news and bad.   A sweeping voter suppression bill was temporarily blocked, but a gerrymandered state senate map diluting Black voting power was upheld.

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Articles & Resources:
American Democracy Minute - North Carolina Legislature Overrides Governor’s Vetoes of Voter Suppression and State Election Board Bills
North Carolina Newsline - Federal judge blocks part of Republicans’ new election law
Democracy Docket - Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Provision of North Carolina Voter Suppression Law
North Carolina Newsline - Federal judge denies Black voters’ request to throw out new Senate districts in northeastern NC
Democracy Docket - Federal Judge Declines to Block New North Carolina Senate Map for 2024 Elections

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan. 26, 2024

Two Florida Anti-Voter Redistricting and Voting Rights Laws Headed Back to Court
We have updates on two Florida anti-voter court cases, a racial gerrymandering case which will finally be heard by the Florida Supreme Court, and another, restricting third-party voter registration organizations, is headed to a federal appeals court. 

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Articles & Resources:
NPR - Florida lawmakers let DeSantis draw a congressional map after he vetoed the last one
Democracy Docket - Florida Congressional Redistricting Challenge (Black Voters Matter)
The Hill - Federal court blocks Florida election law
Democracy Docket - Florida Omnibus Voter Suppression Law Challenge (NAACP)
Florida Phoenix - FL third-party voting registration orgs prepare to defend preliminary victory in appellate court

Groups Taking Action:
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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan. 25, 2024

By the 14th Anniversary of Citizens United, SuperPACs and Candidates Spent Over $300 Million in IA, NH & SC
January 21st was the 14th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates of money in political campaigns.   In Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, over $300 Million dollars has already been spent in just three early races. 

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Articles & Resources:
CNN -  New Hampshire ad spending tops $77 million as Haley and Trump fight to the finish
NPR - $300 million worth of ads have hit voters ahead of the first GOP primary contests
NH Secretary of State - SOS Predicts Presidential Primary Turnout
End Citizens United - End Citizens United Statement on the 14th Anniversary of Citizens United

Brennan Center for Justice - Citizens United Explained
Open Secrets - (2020) More money, less transparency: A decade under Citizens United

Groups Taking Action:
End Citizens United, Issue One, Open Democracy Action, Common Cause, Public Citizen, Equal Citizens

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan. 24, 2024

SCOTUS Declines Stay Request from Michigan’s Independent Redistricting Commission; 19 State House & Senate Districts to be Redrawn
We reported January 16th on a federal court finding that maps drawn by Michigan’s Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission diluted Black voting power and must be redrawn.  An appeal to keep the existing maps was declined Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Articles & Resources:
Democracy Docket - Michigan Legislative Redistricting Challenge (Agee)
Michigan Advance - Bombshell ruling requires 13 Michigan districts to be redrawn before 2024 election
American Democracy Minute - Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission’s Maps for Greater Detroit Under Scrutiny for Voting Rights Act Violations. What Happened?
U.S. Supreme Court - Emergency Appeal by Michigan Citizen Redistricting Commission for Stay
Michigan Advance - U.S. Supreme Court rejects request to halt Michigan House map redraw
Democracy Docket - U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Halt Redraw of Michigan’s Legislative Maps
Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission - Website & Draft Maps

Groups Taking Action:
Voters Not Politicians,  League of Women Voters MI, NAACP Michigan State Conference, Detroit Action, Promote the Vote MI

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

Voter ID Clarity Needed in North Carolina, and Better Pay Requested for Poll Workers in South Carolina

We’re in the Carolinas today, where South Carolina’s election director appealed for higher pay to replace poll workers driven off by threats and low wages, and North Carolina democracy groups want clarity of new restrictive voter ID rules.

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Articles & Resources:
PBS Newshour - Election workers are being bombarded with death threats, the U.S. government says
NPR -  In the face of threats, election workers say they feel unsafe doing their jobs
States Newsroom - Threats, low pay causing high turnover in SC election offices. Legislators asked to up stipends.
North Carolina Newsline - Voting rights groups find new photo ID law caused trouble for voters and county officials
North Carolina Newsline - NC voting rights groups ask for clearer voter ID rules for county boards ahead of the first batches of absentee ballots going out Friday
Southern Coalition for Social Justice - Comment on Proposed Permanent Rules on Voter Photo Identification

Groups Taking Action:
Election Official Legal Defense Network, Brennan Center, NAACP Legal Defense Fund,  Power the Polls, Fair Elections Center
Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Common Cause North Carolina, and Democracy North Carolina

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan. 22, 2024

On the Eve of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Some States Contemplate Closing their Primaries to Independents, While Others Consider Opening Them 

A Gallup poll released this month found 43% of Americans identify as unaffiliated, independent voters. But in some states, they can’t vote in primaries. As voting begins Jan. 23rd in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, what states are considering closing – or opening – primaries in 2024?

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Articles & Resources:
Gallup - Independent Party ID Tied for High; Democratic ID at New Low
Forbes - Voters Who Identify As Independents Skyrocket—As Democrats And Republicans Dwindle
American Democracy Minute - Fears of Crossover Voting Driving Party Activists to Close Primaries – But at the Expense of Silencing Independent Voters
CBS News -  "Crossover voting" in primaries in Wyoming is about to become more difficult

NBC News - 6 states are rethinking how they run their primaries in 2024
Louisiana Illuminator - (Opinion) Partisan primaries would be a move backward for Louisiana
Public News Service - Bills would open PA primaries to unaffiliated voters

Groups Taking Action:
Open Primaries, FairVote, Represent.Us, Unite America,  Yes on 3 Nevada  (See more at our website) 

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

Virginia’s Prince William County Accounts for Mistakes in the 2020 Election and Implements Changes in Personnel, Validation and Reporting
Prince William County, Virginia announced January 11th that human and data errors in the 2020 election resulted in an overcounting of votes for Donald Trump, and an undercounting of totals for Joe Biden.

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Articles & Resources:
Prince William County - PWC Office of Elections Releases Reporting Data in Michele White Election Trial
Prince William Times - Criminal charges against former Prince William elections chief — now dropped —stemmed from vote tabulation errors
Prince William Times - Former Prince William elections chief cleared of all criminal charges
Virginia Mercury - 2020 election error in Prince William County benefited Trump, officials reveal

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

Louisiana Legislature Hashes Out New Court-Ordered Congressional Maps with Two Majority Black Districts
Racing the clock, the Louisiana legislature meets this week to hash out new court-ordered Congressional voting districts, with two of them being majority Black.  They’re also considering new state supreme court districts.

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Articles & Resources:
American Democracy Minute - Appeals Court (Finally) Finds Louisiana Congressional Map was Discriminatory; Orders New Maps to Be Drawn by January 15
Democracy Docket - 5th Circuit Sets Timeline for New Louisiana Congressional Map Ahead of 2024 Elections
Louisiana Illuminator - Both parties push for Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional district
Louisiana Illuminator - Map with 2nd Black Louisiana Supreme Court district clears House committee
Associated Press - Proposed Louisiana congressional map, with second majority-Black district, advances
Louisiana Illuminator - How Gov. Jeff Landry is proposing to ‘close’ Louisiana’s primaries

Groups Taking Action:
NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU Louisiana,  Power Coalition for Equity and Justice

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan. 17, 2024

New State Voting District Maps Submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Range from Status Quo to Competitive
Seven sets of state legislative maps were submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court January 12th, ranging from a Republican-dominated status quo, to competitive.  

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Articles & Resources:
American Democracy Minute - Wisconsin Supreme Court Puts State Legislature’s Maps on Naughty List, Orders Legislature to Draw Constitutional Voting Districts
Wisconsin Public Radio - Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns Republican-drawn legislative maps
Wisconsin PBS/AP - Republican dominance reduced in most redistricting maps submitted to Wisconsin Supreme Court
John Johnson, Marquette University Law School - Analysis of Proposed Legislative Redistricting Plans submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Groups Taking Action:
Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition, Common Cause Wisconsin,  Represent.Us WI, Fair Elections Project 

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan. 16, 2024

Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission’s Maps for Greater Detroit Under Scrutiny for Voting Rights Act Violations. What Happened?
In December 2023, a federal court threw out state redistricting maps for greater Detroit, drawn by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, or MICRC. Truly independent redistricting is the gold standard; so what happened?

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Articles & Resources:
Michigan Advance - Bombshell ruling requires 13 Michigan districts to be redrawn before 2024 election
Detroit Free Press - Court orders metro Detroit legislative maps redrawn

Bridge Michigan - Experts: ‘Everything up in the air’ now that Michigan districts must be redrawn
Democracy Docket - Redistricting Decisions Will Reshape Legislative Maps in Wisconsin and Michigan
Michigan Advance - Federal court orders redistricting commission to draw new state House districts by Feb. 2
The Hill - Michigan redistricting panel asks court for permission to use unconstitutional maps

Groups Taking Action:
Voters Not Politicians,  League of Women Voters MI, NAACP Michigan State Conference, Detroit Action, Promote the Vote MI

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