American Democracy Minute

23/09/2025

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨-𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬
The League of Women Voters reports that for decades, over 100 local League affiliates assisted new citizens with registering to vote immediately following their naturalization ceremony. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services just prohibited the League and other pro-voter groups from providing this service to new Americans.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/09/22/new-federal-policy-bans-league-of-women-voters-and-other-pro-voter-groups-from-registering-new-americans-at-naturalization-ceremonies/

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Democracy News: The League of Women Voters reports that for decades, over 100 local League affiliates assisted new citizens with registering to vote immediately following their naturalization ceremony. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services just prohibited the League and other pro-voter groups fr...

22/09/2025

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 ‘𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧’ 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥
In June, we told you about a South Carolina state supreme court case challenging the state constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering. The court ruled September 17th that manipulating voting districts for partisan power does NOT violate the state’s constitution.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/09/21/south-carolina-supreme-court-decides-all-elections-shall-be-free-and-open-doesnt-mean-partisan-gerrymandering-is-unconstitutional/

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Democracy News: In June, we told you about a South Carolina state supreme court case challenging the state constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering. The court ruled September 17th that manipulating voting districts for partisan power does NOT violate the state’s constitution.

19/09/2025

𝐁𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐓𝐨𝐨
A bipartisan bill banning members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks has been introduced in the U.S. House. It appears the reform could pass, due in no small part to a tax break sweetener -- just for members.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/09/16/bipartisan-bill-introduced-banning-members-of-congress-from-owning-or-trading-individual-stocks-and-bonds-but-gives-tax-benefits-to-them-too/

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Democracy News: A bipartisan bill banning members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks has been introduced in the U.S. House. It appears the reform could pass, due in no small part to a tax break sweetener just for members.

14/09/2025

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 ‘𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’ 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟓 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭
September 4th, Native nations asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the longstanding right of individuals to bring voting rights complaints to federal court. If the high court takes the case, its decision could have consequences for voting rights protections under the Voting Rights Act.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/09/11/native-nations-call-on-the-u-s-supreme-court-to-uphold-private-right-of-action-of-citizens-to-bring-complaints-under-the-1965-voting-rights-act/

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Democracy News: September 4th, Native nations asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the longstanding right of individuals to bring voting rights complaints to federal court. If the high court takes the case, its decision could have consequences for voting rights protections under the Voting Rights....

13/09/2025

Student voters are increasingly powerful — boasting some 40 million eligible voters. However, students face a hidden threat to their right to vote: “Use It or Lose It” voter roll purging laws.

11/09/2025

𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬, 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐲
Did the dog catch the car? We have election denier legal trouble involving voting dogs, former election officials claiming they’re political prisoners, and 2020 fake electors who claim they didn’t know what they were doing was wrong.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/09/10/voting-dogs-habeas-corpus-and-fake-electors-updates-on-election-deniers-and-their-legal-jeopardy/
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Democracy News: Did the dog catch the car? We have election denier legal trouble involving voting dogs, former election officials claiming they’re political prisoners, and 2020 fake electors who claim they didn’t know what they were doing was wrong.

10/09/2025

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭. 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬
Did the dog catch the car? We have election denier legal trouble involving voting dogs, former election officials claiming they’re political prisoners, and 2020 fake electors who claim they didn’t know what they were doing was wrong.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/09/09/national-voter-registration-day-is-sept-16th-and-millions-of-americans-arent-registered-or-may-not-know-their-voter-registration-status/

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National Voter Registration Day is coming up on September 16th, with nationwide events to encourage eligible voters to register and check their registration. With no national election as incentive this year, organizers point to local and special elections, and readiness to vote in the 2026 midterms,...

05/09/2025

𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 ‘𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬’ 𝐭𝐨 ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐑𝐀 𝐢𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥’
The State of Louisiana’s new brief for a U.S. Supreme Court racial gerrymandering case now claims Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional because it uses race-conscious redistricting. Their shifting argument may suggest the state thinks more justices are ready to strike down the VRA.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/09/04/louisianas-racial-gerrymandering-defense-to-scotus-switches-from-it-was-for-partisan-reasons-to-the-vra-is-unconstitutional/

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The State of Louisiana’s new brief for a U.S. Supreme Court racial gerrymandering case now claims Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional because it uses race-conscious redistricting. Their shifting argument may suggest the state thinks more justices are ready to strike down...

03/09/2025

Apologies for being MIA on Facebook over the last several weeks. Family priorities took me away from daily social media postings, but my radio reports were still posted daily. If you'd like to catch up, I'd urge you to visit https://www.AmericanDemocracyMinute.org.

𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐬; 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed his legislature’s mid-decade Congressional redistricting maps August 29th, manipulated to gain the GOP five seats at President Donald Trump’s request. After California’s move to counteract it, Missouri’s governor called a special session, and more states are considering rigging their Congressional maps.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/09/02/texas-governor-signs-gerrymandered-congressional-maps-missouri-governor-calls-special-session-with-more-states-likely-to-follow/

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed his legislature’s mid-decade Congressional redistricting maps August 29th, manipulated to gain the GOP five seats at President Donald Trump’s request. After California’s move to counteract it, Missouri’s governor called a special session, and more states are...

19/08/2025

Welcoming Valley Free Radio in North Hampton, MA to the American Democracy Minute family!

Valley Free Radio is celebrating our 20th anniversary on August 9 with an Anniversary party open to all. As part of our 20th Anniversary celebration, Jack Frisch, host of The Downbeat, will be broadcasting a Live 20 hour jazz show on August 7 from 7am to 3am the next morning. The show will broadcast

25/07/2025

𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟖𝟔% 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥
The voices of 86% of Maine voters were silenced July 14th as a federal appeals court found a 2023 ballot initiative limiting political spending by foreign-owned corporations likely violates the Constitution’s right to free speech.

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/07/23/federal-first-circuit-deems-maine-ballot-initiative-with-86-support-limiting-foreign-spending-in-state-elections-likely-unconstitutional/

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The voices of 86% of Maine voters were silenced July 14th as a federal appeals court found a 2023 ballot initiative limiting political spending by foreign-owned corporations likely violates the Constitution’s right to free speech.