The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 15, 2023
Statement from Presidential Libraries Calls on Elected Leaders & 

All Americans to Take Action to Restore Faith in Democracy

September 7th, a statement regarding, “the future of our nation and an urgent call to action for all Americans” was issued by 13 Presidential foundations and libraries.  We read an excerpt of that statement.

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Articles & Resources:
George W. Bush Presidential Center - Full text: PRESIDENTIAL CENTERS AFFIRM THAT "DEMOCRACY HOLDS US TOGETHER"
Washington Post - Nearly every presidential center calls for protecting democracy
The Guardian - Presidential libraries call for US unity amid ‘perilous’ state of democracy

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 14, 2023

With Court Cases and Elections Looming, the Wisconsin Assembly Scrambles to Keep its Gerrymandered Voting Districts
Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate have a 66% veto-proof supermajority. Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly are two votes short of a supermajority.  Yet the Governor of Wisconsin is a Democrat.  How is that possible?   Gerrymandering.  And the majority of Wisconsin’s legislators want to keep it that way.

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Articles & Resources:
Associated Press - GOP lawmaker wins Wis. Senate seat, creating supermajority
Wisconsin Examiner - Special election moves Republicans closer to Assembly supermajority
PBS Wisconsin/Wisconsin Watch - Wisconsin's Assembly maps are more skewed than ever — what happens in 2023?
Princeton Gerrymandering Project - Wisconsin
PBS Wisconsin/AP - Lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn legislative district maps
PBS Wisconsin/ AP - Redistricting plaintiffs object to Republican attempt to boot Protasiewicz from cases
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Vos backs turning turning over drawing of election maps to nonpartisan agency in bid to bypass lawsuits

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

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 13, 2023
Updates on a Federal Court Rejection of a Stay for Alabama’s Congressional Maps, and an Upcoming SCOTUS Case on South Carolina’s Maps 

We have two updates on racial gerrymandering cases today, with another setback to the Alabama legislature’s defiant Congressional maps, and another important case coming up in South Carolina.

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Articles & Resources:
Democracy Docket - Alabama Congressional Redistricting Challenge (SCOTUS)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION via Democracy Docket - Order Denying Stay
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION via Democracy Docket -  SINGLETON PLAINTIFFS’ PROPOSED REMEDIAL PLAN for the Special Master with Two Majority Minority Districts
American Redistricting Project - South Carolina's Alexander v. S.C. State Conf. of the NAACP
U.S. Supreme Court via Democracy Docket - Appeal of Alexander v. S.C. S.C. State Conf. of the NAACP

Groups Taking Action:
Alabama:  NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU, Greater Birmingham Ministries
South Carolina:  South Carolina Conference of the NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, The American Redistricting Project, ACLU  

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

Federal Appeals Court Slams Alabama Legislature for Defying U.S. Supreme Court’s Milligan Ruling and Strikes Down Revised Maps
Tuesday, a U.S. District Court of Appeals struck down in the strongest possible terms, the Alabama legislature’s revised Congressional district maps, drawn in defiance of June’s Milligan decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Articles & Resources:
American Redistricting Project - Timeline for Milligan v. Allen
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, Southern District via ACLU - ORDER - Milligan v. Allen 9 5 2023
CNN - Federal court strikes down Alabama congressional map after legislature snubbed Supreme Court
CNBC - Federal court rejects Alabama congressional map in racial gerrymandering case
The Hill - Court strikes down Alabama congressional map in scathing opinion
Brennan Center for Justice - Ongoing Voting Rights Act Redistricting Litigation After SCOTUS Ruling in Allen v. Milligan

Groups Taking Action:
NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU, Greater Birmingham Ministries

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

Reports of False Election Officials Intimidating Voters Widens to 13 NY Counties; Texas Eliminates the Election Office in its Biggest County
The scope of the New York election official impersonation story has widened.  And in Texas, the state legislature just dismantled its largest county’s election office.

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Articles & Resources:
New York Elections Board - State Board of Elections warns New York voters against impersonation of County
WXXI - Election officials warn of people impersonating staff, confronting voters at home
Houston Public Media - Judge temporarily blocks law abolishing Harris County elections administrator’s office; Texas AG files appeal
Texas Tribune - Texas Supreme Court lets state law eliminating Harris County elections chief stand, for now
CNN - Houston-area elections office dismantled as contentious Texas law takes effect
Texas Legislature - SB 1750 
Texas Legislature - SB 1933 

Groups Taking Action:
Texas Civil Rights Project, Houston in Action,  League of Women Voters Houston

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

Investigation Opened Into Election Denier Activists Allegedly Impersonating Election Officials in New York County
Election officials in an upstate New York county last week asked for an investigation of activists apparently impersonating election officials and visiting voters’ homes, in an effort to find evidence of voter fraud.

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Articles & Resources:
Syracuse.com - Onondaga County investigating complaints of voter harassment by fake election officials
New York Citizen Audit -  Mission Statement on Website
American Oversight - (2022) IN THE DOCUMENTS: EMAILS SHOW NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF ELECTION DENIERS PUSHING FOR ELECTION AUDITS
Syracuse.com - (Opinion) NY election ‘citizen auditors’ are playing a dangerous game (Editorial Board Opinion)
WTEN - NY: Election staff impersonators knocking on doors
WSKG - Election officials warn of people impersonating staff, confronting voters at home
Finger Lakes Daily News - Ontario County Investigating Fake Election Officials
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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Aug. 31, 2023

Investigation Expands Into Alleged Sketchy Behavior of Groups Trying to Repeal Alaska’s Ranked Choice Voting
We’re revisiting a complicated and expanding story from July, involving alleged sketchy behavior from groups hoping to repeal ranked choice voting in Alaska, involving a pastor, a group he organized as part of his church, and a former U.S. Senate candidate. 

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Articles & Resources:
Anchorage Daily News - Ranked choice voting opponents begin gathering signatures for ballot initiative
Alaska Public Media - Complaint alleges foes of Alaska’s ranked choice voting formed a church to funnel political donations
Alaska Beacon - Another campaign complaint filed against opponents of Alaska ranked choice voting
Alaska Beacon - Report from Alaska campaign regulator says Tshibaka-linked group violated state law
Stateline News - As ranked choice voting gains momentum, parties in power push back
Preserve Democracy - Anti-RCV Presentation Made to Alaska Legislative Committee

Republican National Committee - Resolution Opposing Ranked Choice Voting
Alaska Division of Elections - Ranked Choice Voting - Explained
Alaskans for Better Elections - Supplemental Filing Alleging Connections Between Two Anti-RCV Groups

Groups Taking Action:

Alaskans for Better Elections,  FairVote, Represent.Us, Rank the Vote

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American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Aug. 31, 2023

This 82-Year-Old Man Could Be Enjoying Retirement.  Instead, He’s Walking Across the Country to Fix Democracy
*Disclosure - Host Brian Beihl is volunteering with Rick Hubbard's Walking to Fix Our Democracy effort.*

Thursday, August 31st, Vermonter Rick Hubbard will walk the remaining 6 miles to the Round House, New Mexico’s capital building in Santa Fe.  At 82 years old, he could be enjoying retirement, but instead, he’s walking across the United States to fix Democracy.

Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
VT Digger - (Opinion)  Rick Hubbard: Our political system is broken, and we need to fix it
Walking to Fix Our Democracy - Rick Hubbard's Walking Route
Walking to Fix Our Democracy - Problems & Fixes
Represent.Us - Basics of Ranked Choice Voting
FairVote - Open and Closed Primaries
Brennan Center for Justice - Small Donor Public Financing Explained

Groups Taking Action:
Walking to Fix Our Democracy, Represent.Us New Mexico, Common Cause NM, Indivisible Santa Fe, Breaking Big Money’s Grip on America

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Aug. 29, 2023

State of New Hampshire Seeks 14th Amendment Legal Advice on Whether Candidate Donald Trump Can Appear on the First in the Nation 2024 Primary
A  New Hampshire 2020 U.S. Senate candidate endorsed by former President Trump is questioning Trump’s qualification for the Presidency under the 14th Amendment, Section 3, designed to keep former Confederate leaders from holding office.

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Articles & Resources:
National Constitution Center - 14th Amendment, Section 3
WGIR's NH Today - 8-22 Corky Messner on Trump's eligibility to run for President
NH Public Radio - Stories about Corky Messner
Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review - The Sweep and Force of Section Three  (download of PDF for full paper) 
NH Journal - Will ‘Insurrection’ Keep Trump Off NH Ballot?
Politico - N.H. Republicans feud over bid to knock Trump off 2024 ballot
The Atlantic - (Paywall) The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again
NBC News - Trump supporters flood New Hampshire election office with calls after false claims about ballot access
Democracy Docket - How the 14th Amendment Could Disqualify Trump and His Allies

Groups Taking Action:
Free Speech for People, Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (CREW), 

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 The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Aug. 28, 2023
 
New Mexico Redistricting Case One of the First to Employ a Partisan Gerrymandering Test Proposed by U.S. Supreme Court’s Justice Kagan
An unusual New Mexico redistricting case reaches a state district court next month.  Unusual in that it’s Republicans claiming that Democrats did the partisan gerrymandering, but also that it will be one of the first cases to employ a partisan gerrymandering test suggested by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.

 Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
Democracy Docket - New Mexico Congressional Redistricting Challenge
U.S. Supreme Court - Common Cause v. Rucho
NM Political Report - Gerrymandering case will move forward
Democracy Docket - New Mexico Supreme Court Rules That State Courts Can Review Partisan Gerrymandering Claims
NM Political Report - Watchdog groups file brief in congressional gerrymandering case
NM 5th Judicial Distict Court - Brief by Election Reformers Network, Common Cause New Mexico, and the League of Women Voters New Mexico
SEAN P. TRENDE  - Amicus brief by redistricting legal expert

Groups Taking Action:

Election Reformers Network, Common Cause New Mexico, and the League of Women Voters New Mexico

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