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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.

SCOTUS Takes Another Chop at the 1965 Voting Rights Act by Refusing Mississippi Case

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023
February 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court took another chop at the 1965 Voting Rights Act by refusing to hear a 2001 Mississippi gerrymandering case called Buck v. Reeves.
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Democracy News Updates from New Hampshire, Wisconsin & North Carolina

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023
We’re updating breaking Democracy stories we’ve covered recently, ranging from Voter-Owned Elections in New Hampshire, to the Supreme Court elections in Wisconsin and the Moore v. Harper case in North Carolina.
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Florida Group Leading Effort to Restore Voting Rights to Formerly-Incarcerated Felons is Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023
In 2018, Florida voters passed Article 4, an initiative which restored voting rights to 1.6 million felons who had completed their sentence and parole. In the face of continued efforts by Florida’s Governor & legislature to block those rights, the Florida organization which led the initiative has been nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Has Huge State & National Implications

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023
Wisconsin has been in the news a lot lately: Gerrymandering, a misguided $2 million dollar review of 2020 election results, and admissions of racial voter suppression efforts in Milwaukee. But no story is more important than its state supreme election with huge state and national implications.
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Cities & Counties Also Get Gerrymandered; California Citizens are Fighting Back

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023
When we think redistricting, we generally think about our state’s Congressional, house and senate districts. But city and county districts are also reapportioned through redistricting – and also increasingly gerrymandered. Citizens in California are fighting back.
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