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Brian Beihl is the founder and host of the American Democracy Minute. He is the former deputy director of Open Democracy, founded by campaign finance reformer Doris "Granny D" Haddock. He has a degree in Journalism from Michigan State University.

Oregon Expands Automatic Voter Registration, Protects Voters Who Move In-State From Losing Eligibility, and Seeks Funding for Dropbox Security

August 8, 2023December 30, 2023
Three bills signed by Oregon’s governor August 4th expand Automatic Voter Registration, protect voters who move within the state from losing eligibility, and allow the state to seek federal funding for dropbox security.
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Tuesday’s Ohio Special Election Attempts to Take Away Simple Majority Rule for Ballot Initiatives.  Now the Legislature is After Ranked Choice Voting. 

August 7, 2023December 30, 2023
The Ohio special election on Issue 1, the legislature’s attempt to raise the threshold to pass a citizen ballot initiative to 60%, is Tuesday, Aug. 8th. Now, in an effort to wrest even more power from its citizenry, an Ohio legislator has introduced a bill going after ranked choice voting.
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Dismissed: The Recent Arizona Election Denier Court Cases Which Crashed and Burned

August 6, 2023December 30, 2023
Notable court cases brought by Arizona election deniers during and after the 2022 midterms have had decisions in the last few weeks. It didn’t go well for the election deniers.
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Alabama’s Racial Gerrymandering Showdown with SCOTUS Goes Back to Federal Court August 14th

August 3, 2023December 30, 2023
We’re back in Alabama today, where freedom-to-vote and civil rights groups go back to federal district court August 14th to oppose the legislature’s defiant racially gerrymandered Congressional voting district map.
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Alleged Voting Machine Tampering Suspects Arraigned in Michigan Include Former Candidate for State Attorney General and Former State Rep

August 2, 2023December 30, 2023
Eclipsed by Tuesday’s news of former President Trump’s indictment for his involvement in the attempted overturning of the 2020 election was an arraignment of two of nine of his supporters who allegedly tampered with voting machines in Michigan.
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