American Democracy Minute

17/10/2025

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐆𝐎𝐏 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
North Carolina already has an “F” grade from the Princeton Gerrymandering Project for having extremely uncompetitive voting districts. Nonetheless, its state house speaker announced Oct. 13th the legislature would gerrymander another GOP congressional seat before the 2026 midterms. It’s the latest GOP attempt to cling to power in the U.S. House.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/10/15/north-carolina-becomes-the-next-state-to-gerrymander-a-gop-seat-to-retain-the-u-s-house-in-2026/

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Democracy News: North Carolina already has an “F” grade from the Princeton Gerrymandering Project for having extremely uncompetitive voting districts. Nonetheless, its state house speaker announced Oct. 13th the legislature would gerrymander another GOP congressional seat before the 2026 midterm...

16/10/2025

𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐎𝐰𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭
The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to agree Oct. 15th with arguments that the Voting Rights Act Section 2’s majority-minority voting districts conflicted with the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. A decision is expected next year. We've linked a transcript of the arguments from our website.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/10/16/outlook-for-the-voting-rights-act-dims-as-courts-conservatives-appear-to-turn-away-from-their-own-precedent/

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Democracy News: The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to agree Oct. 15th with arguments that the Voting Rights Act Section 2’s majority-minority voting districts conflicted with the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. A decision is expected next year.

15/10/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐭. 𝟏𝟓 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐯. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 & 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐲?
Oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais were heard October 15th in the U.S. Supreme Court, with interpretation of the 14th and 15th amendments under debate, and the Voting Rights Act in the balance.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/10/14/the-oct-15-louisiana-v-callais-voting-rights-case-depends-on-the-interpretation-of-the-14th-15th-amendments-what-do-they-say/

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Democracy News: Oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais are scheduled for October 15th in the U.S. Supreme Court, with interpretation of the 14th and 15th amendments under debate, and the Voting Rights Act in the balance.

15/10/2025

The future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be at stake in today's U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais. 10 AM Eastern time Wednesday. Listen to the live stream here:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

14/10/2025

𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐯𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐬. 𝐕𝐑𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞.
Oct. 15th, a pivotal case in the future of the Voting Rights Act will be heard in the U.S. Supreme Court. It pits the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause against 60 years of court precedent and 15th Amendment. Voting rights protections for minority Americans are at stake.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/10/13/in-a-big-week-for-voting-rights-u-s-supreme-court-hears-more-arguments-in-louisiana-vs-callais-vra-protections-for-minority-voters-are-at-stake/

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Democracy News: Oct. 15th, a pivotal case in the future of the Voting Rights Act will be heard in the U.S. Supreme Court. It pits the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause against 60 years of court precedent and 15th Amendment. Voting rights protections for minority Americans are at stake.

13/10/2025

𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬, 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝
Dominion Voting Systems, used by an estimated 40% of American voters and the subject of debunked right wing conspiracy theories, has been acquired by a Missouri marketer of electronic poll books. It will now be known as Liberty Vote.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/10/12/dominion-voting-systems-object-of-debunked-right-wing-conspiracies-sold-to-missouri-election-technology-company-and-renamed/

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Democracy News: Dominion Voting Systems, used by an estimated 40% of American voters and the subject of debunked right wing conspiracy theories, has been acquired by a Missouri marketer of electronic poll books. It will now be known as Liberty Vote.

11/10/2025

This opinion piece is well worth your time:

The White House does not care how bad this looks

11/10/2025

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒
The Trump administration confirmed in September it is sharing drivers license and Social Security information among federal agencies from a massive database of personal and voter data. A class action lawsuit by voters and pro-voter groups has been filed to stop it.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/10/09/class-action-suit-by-voters-claims-personal-data-shared-to-the-trump-administrations-save-database-violates-the-privacy-act-of-1974/

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Democracy News: The Trump administration confirmed in September it is sharing drivers license and Social Security information among federal agencies from a massive database of personal and voter data. A class action lawsuit by voters and pro-voter groups has been filed to stop it.

10/10/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐔𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩
We reported recently on a Maine ballot initiative pushing restrictions on voter ID and mail-in voting. Then mysteriously on September 30th, 250 unmarked absentee ballots from Elsworth, Maine showed up in an Amazon package 40 miles away. The plot thickens.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/10/08/the-plot-thickens-in-maine-after-250-missing-unmarked-mail-ballots-show-up-on-a-doorstep/

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09/10/2025

𝐔𝐭𝐚𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐩 - 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐯. 𝟏𝟎
August 25th, a Utah judge ordered a new Congressional redistricting map drawn after finding the legislature had violated the state constitution. October 6th, the legislature defiantly passed a new gerrymandered map.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/10/07/utah-legislature-passes-a-gerrymandered-congressional-map-again-but-a-judge-will-have-the-final-say-nov-10/

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Democracy News: August 25th, a Utah judge ordered a new Congressional redistricting map drawn after finding the legislature had violated the state constitution. October 6th, the legislature defiantly passed a new gerrymandered map.

08/10/2025

𝐔.𝐒. 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐬. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
Two U.S. Supreme Court cases this term may allow the conservative majority to strike down Voting Rights Act protections of minority voters, and one of the few remaining limits to big money campaign spending in federal elections.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/10/06/u-s-supreme-court-weighs-equal-protection-clause-vs-the-voting-rights-act-and-revisits-big-money-campaign-funding-limits-for-political-parties/

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Democracy News: Two U.S. Supreme Court cases this term may allow the conservative majority to strike down Voting Rights Act protections of minority voters, and one of the few remaining limits to big money campaign spending in federal elections.

06/10/2025

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩-𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦
The first challenge to gerrymandered Texas congressional maps reached a federal courtroom October 1st, as a three-judge panel heard testimony about the 2025 maps in a previously filed 2021 racial gerrymandering case.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/10/05/first-challenge-to-trump-requested-gerrymandering-of-texas-congressional-maps-reaches-a-federal-courtroom/
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Democracy News: The first challenge to gerrymandered Texas congressional maps reached a federal courtroom October 1st, as a three-judge panel heard testimony about the 2025 maps in a previously filed 2021 racial gerrymandering case.