American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast

Shasta County, CA Votes to Hand Count Ballots for its 111,000 Voters. Now They Have to Pay for It.

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

Showing they’d bought into President Trump’s debunked fraud allegations, the majority of Shasta County California’s board of supervisors terminated their contract for Dominion Voting Systems’ electronic ballot tabulation machines. Then supervisors voted to hand count ballots – in a county with over 111,000 registered voters.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Vetoes Three Anti-Voter Bills

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023

We have positive news from Arizona, where Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed three anti-voter bills last week, passed by a legislature bent on making voting harder for its citizens - and its election workers.

Despite Protasiewicz Win in Wisconsin, the Fight for Fair Maps Far from Over

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023

Experts are still sorting out the seismic impact on Wisconsin’s redistricting after the state’s April 4th Supreme Court election. Justice-elect Janet Protasiewicz won’t be sworn in until August 1st, but already a democracy advocacy group has signaled it will sue to overturn Wisconsin's gerrymandered maps. But don’t celebrate just yet.

Dark Money Stories: Sam Bankman-Fried

April 9, 2023April 9, 2023

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for April 10, 2023 Today, we've got a rebroadcast of a piece…

New Conspiracy-Fueled Election Legislation in Texas Moves Forward

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

Democracy has had a rough couple of weeks in Texas. Conspiracy-inspired legislation moved forward last week which changes polling place rules, puts voters on a purge list for not voting, and removes Texas from a program tracking voter registration changes.