Skip to content

American Democracy Minute

A 90 second radio news report & podcast on U.S. democracy issues

  • Home
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Subscribe to the Daily Podcast
    • Have Host Brian Beihl Speak to Your Group
  • Get the ADM by Email
  • Get the ADM Podcast
  • Pacifica Radio Stations

Category: Elections

Voters Find Ranked Choice Voting Gives Them More Options, Eliminates Runoffs and is Easy to Use.  So Why Have 17 States Banned It?

July 7, 2025July 7, 2025
In a recent report, we told you that 96% of New York City voters found ranked choice voting easy to use and liked that it gave voters more options. So why have 17 states banned ranked choice voting, including five just this year?
Read More

In NYC’s June 24th Primary, 11 Dems Seek Nomination for Mayor.  Ranked Choice Voting & Matching Funds Helped Give Voters More Choice.

June 23, 2025June 23, 2025
Tuesday, June 24th is the New York City primary, with 11 Democrats vying to become their party’s nominee for mayor. The election also features two major democracy reforms:  Ranked choice voting and public financing of elections.
Read More

In a Victory for Voters, Georgia Supreme Court Strikes Down 2024 State Election Board Rules Driven by Conspiracy Theories

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025
We’re following up on a story from last summer when Georgia’s state elections board voted to allow county election board members to conduct their own investigations before certifying an election, potentially throwing elections into chaos. The state supreme court threw out that and other fringe rules on June 10th.
Read More

Civil Trial Against My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Starts June 9 for Allegedly Defaming Former Dominion Voting Systems Exec

June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
We’ve been revisiting election denial hotspots this week, five years after the 2020 election. Monday, June 9th, a civil trial begins against My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, accused of defaming former Dominion Voting Systems election security expert, Dr. Eric Coomer.
Read More

Five Years After the 2020 Election, More Election Denier Turmoil in Shasta County, CA

June 1, 2025June 1, 2025
Almost five years after the election, impacts of debunked 2020 election fraud claims by President Donald Trump and his allies still reverberate.  We’re back in Shasta County, California, where once again, supervisors have stoked an election-denier dumpster fire. 
Read More

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Recent Reports

  • Midterm Madness Week: You May Be in a New Congressional District or Another Voting Precinct for the Midterm Election.  Know Before You Go.
  • Midterm Madness Week:  Planning Ahead Can Help Voters Lessen the Impact of the SAVE Act and Similar Voter Suppression Legislation
  • Younger Voters Showed Up in 2025’s NY, VA & CA Elections, Says Recent Tufts CIRCLE Study
  • State Updates: VA Supreme Court OKs Ballot Measure – Again; FL & IA Advance Proof of Citizenship; DOJ Sues 5 More States for Voter Data
  • Conspiracy-Driven Change of Polling Place Rules and a Website Crash Causes Anger, Confusion and Disenfranchisement in Some Texas Counties

Archives

  • March 2026
  • February 2026
  • January 2026
  • December 2025
  • November 2025
  • October 2025
  • September 2025
  • August 2025
  • July 2025
  • June 2025
  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022

Categories

  • Absentee Ballots
  • American Democracy Minute Radio Report
  • Automatic Registration
  • Citizen Ballot Initiatives
  • Citizen Initiatives & Ballot Measures
  • Civic Engagement
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Corruption
  • Courts
  • Dark Money
  • Disinformation
  • Early Voting
  • Election Certification
  • Election Deniers
  • Election Law
  • Election Sabotage
  • Election Security
  • Election Workers
  • Elections
  • Electoral College – Direct Election
  • Ethics & Accountability
  • Federal Elections Commission
  • Federal Elections Commission (FEC)
  • Filibuster
  • Foreign Influence
  • Freedom to Vote
  • Gerrymandering
  • Hand Count of Ballots
  • History & Democracy
  • Inaugural Committees
  • Independent Redistricting Commission
  • January 6th Insurrection
  • Mail in Voting
  • Money in Politics
  • Moore v. Harper – Independent State Legislature Theory
  • National Popular Vote
  • Nominating Conventions
  • Non-Citizen Voting
  • Online Registration
  • Open Primaries
  • Political Violence
  • Primary Elections
  • Primary Elections
  • Proof of Citizenship
  • Ranked Choice Voting (RCV)
  • Redistricting
  • Research on Elections & Voters
  • Runoff Elections
  • Same-Day Registration
  • Signature Verification
  • Small Donor Campaign Funding
  • State Court
  • Stock Trading in Congress
  • Supreme Court
  • Trump Ballot Disqualification
  • U.S. Constitution
  • Uncategorized
  • Voter ID
  • Voter Registration
  • Voter Registration Purges
  • Voter Suppression
  • Voting by Felons
  • Voting Rights Act (VRA)
  • Voting Technology

Theme Designed by CT-Watch.org | Copyright © 2026 American Democracy Minute. All Rights Reserved.