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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.

Why People Don’t Vote Week: Nonvoters Cite Lack of Faith in Electoral System as Reason Not to Show Up

July 9, 2024July 10, 2024
Today, we have another in our series of why Americans don’t vote.  In the 2016 election, over 41%, 100 million people, didn’t vote at all, despite a contentious and competitive election. One of the reasons cited in a poll after the 2016 election was a lack of faith in the electoral system.
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Why People Don’t Vote Week: Nonvoters Less Likely to Follow News, Discuss Politics with Others

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024
This week we’re looking at the reasons why people don’t vote.  Research shows when citizens don’t follow the daily news, or when their family and friends don’t vote, citizens are less likely to vote. 
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Why People Don’t Vote Week: Surveys Show Many Nonvoters Don’t Think Their Vote Matters

July 7, 2024August 2, 2024
This week we’re looking at the reasons why people don’t vote.   A 2020 survey by political research site FiveThirtyEight.com found that many just don’t like the candidate, some have to wait in line for hours, and some, well, they just don’t think their vote makes a difference.  
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Following Three Chaotic Years of Politician-Run Redistricting, Ohio Organizers Submit Ballot Measure Signatures for Citizen-Led Commission

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024
After three chaotic years with a politician-led commission and an anti-voter legislature failing to produce Ohio redistricting maps without gerrymandering, a ballot measure proposing a citizen-led redistricting commission will likely be put to the voters in November.
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Would the Founding Fathers Have Embraced Having Unfettered Power for the Presidency?  Not Likely.

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Anti-authoritarian feelings ran high in the years before and after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, as the Declaration’s litany of complaints against the King suggests.  So it’s unlikely the founding fathers would have supported expansion of Presidential powers, and absolute immunity for “official acts.”
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