September 2025 | American Democracy Minute

New Hampshire Tightens Absentee Voting to Stop Purported Voter Fraud, But Makes it Harder for Elders, the Disabled and Students to Vote, Too

September 30, 2025September 30, 2025

September 30th, New Hampshire implemented new hurdles for registering to vote by mail and requesting an absentee ballot. The regulations hit students, elders and the disabled the hardest, and a pending suit claims many could be disenfranchised.

What States are Next? Updates on Pre-Midterm Gerrymandering Prospects in Missouri, Kansas, Florida, Ohio, Alabama & New Hampshire

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025

The midterm gerrymandering arms race is on, with the current balance of power in the U.S. Congress 219 Republicans to 213 Democrats. Red states Texas and Missouri have finished manipulating their Congressional maps. What states are next?

Americans Like Voting Early, and Other Lessons from the 2024 Election U.S. Election Assistance Commission Follow Up Report

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

Brian is gone today, so we're sharing a report from Aug. 1st on Americans' preference for early voting, despite the President's threats to do away with it.

Restrictions for Mail-In Voting and Voter ID on the Ballot in Maine Nov. 4th Even Though Voter Fraud in Maine is Almost Nonexistent

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

Maine voters decide November 4th whether adding more ID and mail-in voting restrictions for most voters justifies preventing almost nonexistent voter fraud. Question 1 tightens voter ID requirements, and adds hurdles for mail-in voters, including the elderly and disabled, despite only two voter fraud convictions since 1982.

Appeals Court Affirms North Carolina’s Jim Crow-Era Returning Felon Voting Law is Unconstitutional, and Questions Why It Wasn’t Repealed

September 24, 2025September 24, 2025

The striking down of an 1877 Jim Crow-era law making it a crime for citizens convicted of a felony to vote when their rights had not yet been restored was affirmed by a federal appeals court Sept. 12th. Judges asked why the North Carolina legislature had not already repealed the law.