Brian Beihl

Updates on a Federal Court Rejection of a Stay for Alabama’s Congressional Maps, and an Upcoming SCOTUS Case on South Carolina’s Maps

September 12, 2023December 29, 2023

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.

Federal Appeals Court Slams Alabama Legislature for Defying U.S. Supreme Court’s Milligan Ruling and Strikes Down Revised Maps

September 6, 2023December 29, 2023

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.

Reports of False Election Officials Intimidating Voters Widens to 13 NY Counties; Texas Eliminates the Election Office in its Biggest County

September 5, 2023December 29, 2023

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.

Rebroadcast: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Report Recommends Changes to Reduce Barriers to Voting for South Dakota’s Native Americans

September 4, 2023September 6, 2023

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept 5, 2023 Brian is off for Labor Day, but will…

Investigation Opened Into Election Denier Activists Allegedly Impersonating Election Officials in New York County

September 3, 2023December 29, 2023

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.