The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Dec. 11, 2023

Developments in GOP Fake Presidential Elector Plots in Nevada & Wisconsin; Investigations Continue in Arizona, New Mexico & Georgia
There were developments the week of December 4th in the GOP fake Presidential elector plots in Nevada, Wisconsin and Arizona.  Investigations continue in New Mexico and Georgia, with one of the indicted lawyers in the Georgia case cooperating with prosecutors.

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Articles & Resources:
NPR - Lawyer Chesebro, who authored fake-elector memos, pleads guilty in Georgia case
Nevada Independent - Nevada GOP ‘fake electors’ indicted for falsely claiming Trump won state’s 2020 election
Associated Press - Nevada grand jury indicts six Republicans who falsely certified that Trump won the state in 2020
Wisconsin Examiner - Wisconsin’s fake electors settle lawsuit, acknowledge Biden won in 2020
Scott Thompson - Fraudulent Electors (Fully Executed) Mutual Release & Settlement Agreement
Arizona Mirror - Key Trump attorney in fake elector plot to meet with AZ prosecutors: report

Forbes - All The States Investigating The 2020 Election: Wisconsin Latest To Reportedly Probe Fake Electors As Nevada Brings Charges
Associated Press - Michigan Republican charged in false elector plot agrees to cooperation deal
KRQE - NM Attorney General’s Office investigating fake elector scheme in 2020 election

Groups Taking Action:
Protect Democracy,  Common Cause WI, States United Democracy Center

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Dec. 8, 2023

Missouri Candidate for Secretary of State Proposes Hand Counting 3 Million Ballots; Wisconsin Legislators Propose Abolishing the Election Commission
Legislators in Missouri and Wisconsin continue to throw shade on the validity of the 2020 election, proposing bills perpetuating the myth that widespread fraud cost Donald Trump the election.

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Articles & Resources:
Missouri Independent - A conspiracy-fueled push to count ballots by hand gains traction
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri Republican seeking top election post wants to hand count all ballots
Missouri Legislature - SB 917 - Modifies procedures for counting ballots
Wisconsin Public Radio - Republican bill would abolish Wisconsin Elections Commission
Wisconsin Examiner - Republican lawmakers propose dissolving Wisconsin Elections Commission

Wisconsin Assembly - LRB-4270/1 and LRB-5269/1  relating to: dissolving the Elections Commission
Wisconsin Politics - Sen. Knodl: Dissolving of the Wisconsin Elections Commission

Groups Taking Action:
MO Voters Project, MO Voter Protection Coalition, League of Women Voters MO, Common Cause WI,
Wisconsin Voices

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Dec. 7, 2023

After a Federal Court Mandate, Georgia Lawmakers Add Majority-Minority Districts – But Still Gerrymander the Maps
October 26th, a federal circuit court judge ordered Georgia’s redistricting maps to be redrawn to include majority-minority “opportunity districts” for Congress, state senate and state house.  Legislators appear to be manipulating the new maps, too.

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Articles & Resources:
Princeton Gerrymandering Project - Pre-Court Order Maps
Georgia Recorder - Federal judge strikes down Georgia’s political maps, sending lawmakers back to the drawing board
Associated Press - As Georgia looks to court-ordered redistricting, not only Republicans are in peril
Democracy Docket - Georgia Legislature Releases New, Still Gerrymandered Maps

ACLU/ACLU Georgia - Plaintiffs in Georgia Redistricting Lawsuit Offer Remedial State Legislative Maps
ACLU/ACLU Georgia - Letter to Legislators, RE:  Remedial State Legislative Map Proposals
Democracy Docket - Gerrymandered Maps Move Through Georgia Legislature
 
Groups Taking Action:
Alpha Phi Alpha , ACLU Georgia, Fair Districts Georgia 

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Dec. 6, 2023

DeSantis Congressional Map Diluting Black Voting Power Heads to Florida Supreme Court After Being Upheld by Appeals Court
A North Florida Congressional district map pushed by Governor Ron DeSantis which diluted Black voting power, was upheld by a Florida appeals court December 1st.  The 10-judge panel ruled that plaintiffs didn’t prove the map violated Florida’s constitutional amendment prohibiting racial gerrymandering. 

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Articles & Resources:
Common Cause - The Florida Fair Districts Amendments
Florida Phoenix - State appeals court upholds diminishment of Black voting strength in North Florida
Democracy Docket - Florida Appeals Court Keeps DeSantis’ Discriminatory Congressional Map In Place
WUSF/News Service of Florida - DeSantis' congressional redistricting plan is going before the Florida Supreme Court
Florida Div. of Elections - STANDARDS FOR LEGISLATURE TO FOLLOW IN LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING
FiveThirtyEight - Florida's Redistricting Maps
Princeton Gerrymandering Project - Florida Redistricting Report Card (F)

Groups Taking Action:
Black Voters Matter, Common Cause Florida, League of Women Voters of Florida, Equal Ground Education Fund, Florida Rising Together

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Dec. 5, 2023

Shasta County, CA Almost Hand-Counted Its Ballots in November, Losing an Expensive Game of Election Denial Chicken with the State of California
Just days before the Nov. 2023 election, the chair of the Shasta County, CA Board of Supervisors was threatening to defy a new California law, and hand count ballots instead of using an electronic ballot tabulator.  The county supervisors blinked.

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Articles & Resources:
Shasta County - Analysis of Manual Tally Options for Shasta County
CalMatters - Why Shasta County is at center of California voting, again

Redding Record Searchlight - Shasta supervisors talk pay raises, Hart voting machines
Los Angeles Times - Shasta County ditched its Dominion voting machines. Now, residents are braced for turmoil on Nov. 7
The Guardian -  The California county where far-right officials tried to upend voting
Democracy Groups  - Requests for action in Shasta County in advance of the November 2023 and
March 2024 elections
CA Sec. of State - Letter, RE: Shasta County November 7, 2023, Election
Democracy Docket - California’s Shasta County Abandons Plan To Hand Count Election
Concord, NH  Monitor - NH Supreme Court considers case about ballot-counting machines draws a crowd

Groups Taking Action:
ACLU Foundation of Northern CA, CA Common Cause,  CA Voter Foundation, Voting Rights Practice Group, Disability Rights CA, League of Women Voters of CA  

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Dec. 4, 2023

New Hampshire Supreme Court Won’t Hear Future Gerrymandering Cases, Abandoning Fair Representation for State’s Voters
Saying the state constitution doesn’t specifically prohibit partisan gerrymandering, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled November 29th that state courts have no jurisdiction and would not hear future gerrymandering cases.

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Articles & Resources:
InDepthNH - State Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Gerrymandering Suit
Democracy Docket - New Hampshire Supreme Court Shuts The Door On Partisan Gerrymandering Claims
NHPR - In split ruling, NH Supreme Court says it can't review partisan gerrymandering claims
NH Union Leader/Yahoo News - High court upholds redistricting plans

Groups Taking Action:
Open Democracy, ACLU NH, League of Women Voters NH

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Dec 1, 2023

Michigan a Democracy Bright Spot as it Implements Proposition 2 Constitutional Amendment Protecting and Expanding Voting Rights
In November 2022, Michigan voters passed a constitutional amendment enshrining voting protections and expanding ballot access. Throughout 2023, the legislature codified those mandates, and passed additional reforms, making Michigan one of the year’s democracy bright spots.

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Articles & Resources:
BallotPedia - Michigan Proposal 2, Voting Policies in Constitution Amendment (2022)
Michigan Live - Michiganders pass Proposal 2, amending the state constitution to expand voting rights
Office of the Governor of Michigan - Gov. Whitmer Signs Bipartisan Legislation Expanding Voting Rights
League of Women Voters MI - List of Bills Implementing Proposition 2 - Update July 17, 2023

Michigan Advance - Lawmakers close out year with election reforms like 16 and 17 year old voting pre-registration
Bolts Magazine - Michigan Democrats Sprint Through ‘Pro-Voter’ Agenda to Close Out 2023

Groups Taking Action:
Voters Not Politicians, Secure Democracy USA, Michigan State Conference of the NAACP, League of Women Voters MI

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Nov. 30, 2023

Former New Hampshire GOP State Representative Who Consistently Voted for Tighter “Election Integrity” Laws is Charged with Voting Illegally

A former New Hampshire GOP State Representative who repeatedly voted for so-called “election integrity” laws, has been arrested for a Class B felony of Wrongful Voting, among other fraud charges.  

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Articles & Resources:
New Hampshire Public Radio - AG investigation finds NH lawmaker lived outside of his district for more than a year
New Hampshire Attorney General - Former State Representative Troy E. Merner Arrested for Wrongful Voting and Other Charges
WMUR - Former New Hampshire state rep accused of wrongful voting; other charges filed
NH Legislature - Final Text of SB 3 Voting Domicile Bill (Later struck down by NH Supreme Court)
NH Municipal Association - Voter Registration Law Changes: Senate Voting Domicile Bill 3  (Later struck down by NH Supreme Court)
NH Legislature - SB3 Roll Call Vote 

BallotPedia - NH Coos County House District 1 Map and Recent Elections

Groups Taking Action:

Open Democracy Action, League of Women Voters NH, NH Youth Movement

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Nov. 28, 2023

State Supreme Courts in New Mexico and Ohio Uphold Redistricting Maps. 
One of these is not Like the Other.
The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling on Nov. 27th, allowing the state’s Congressional districts to stand.  The same day, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld gerrymandered state legislature maps which had been previously struck down by the same court.

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Articles & Resources:
Ohio Capital Journal - Ohio Redistricting Commission adopts sixth version of Statehouse maps with bipartisan support
Ohio Capital Journal - Ohio Supreme Court dismisses redistricting challenge, leaving Statehouse maps in place
Ohio Supreme Court - LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OHIO ET AL. v. OHIO REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION ET AL.
Ohio Capital Journal - (Commentary) Misrepresentative lawmaking will continue in Ohio until voters have fair maps
NM Political Report - State supreme court upholds congressional map
KRQE 13 - New Mexico Supreme Court agrees with lower court: no ‘egregious’ gerrymandering
New Mexico Citizen Redistricting Committee - CRC’s Final Report on Adopted Maps and Evaluations

Groups Taking Action:
League of Women Voters OH, Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Citizens Not Politicians, Fair Districts Ohio,
Represent.Us New Mexico

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Nov. 28, 2023

Radical Decision by Appeals Court in Arkansas Case Greenlights North Dakota Appeal to Restore Maps Designed to Suppress Native American Voting Power
A radical decision last week in an Arkansas racial gerrymandering case stopped voters and democracy groups from suing under the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The State of North Dakota took advantage of the decision to appeal to have their racially discriminating gerrymandered maps restored, struck down after a lower court found they suppressed Native American voting power.

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Articles & Resources:
Democracy Docket - North Dakota Legislative Redistricting Challenge (Turtle Mountain Band)
Native American Rights Fund -  COURT BLOCKS NORTH DAKOTA VOTING MAP THAT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST NATIVE VOTERS
CBS News Minnesota - In wake of Voting Rights Act ruling, North Dakota to appeal decision that protected tribes' rights
Brennan Center for Justice - The Newest Attack on the Voting Rights Act

Groups Taking Action:
Native American Rights Fund, North Dakota Native Vote

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