American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast

American Democracy Minute for August 9, 2022: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds No Excuse Mail-in Voting Law

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

August 2nd, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld Act 77, a bill allowing mail-in voting for all citizens, which passed with bipartisan support in 2019. The Big Lie caused some of the legislators who voted for the bill to join a suit against it after the 2020 election.

American Democracy Minute for Aug. 8, 2022: Will Meta-Facebook Help Prevent Election Disinformation in the Midterms?

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

For over a year, the democracy advocacy group Common Cause has been voicing concerns that Facebook, now Meta, was pulling back on efforts to fight election disinformation. With the midterms upon us, are we being protected from disinformation by domestic and foreign bad actors?

American Democracy Minute for August 5, 2022: Election Workers Report Conspiracy-Fueled Threats, Harassment & Intimidation

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

While the Tin Foil Hat Week on the American Democracy Minute was a humorous way to spotlight crackpot election fraud theories, a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday shows the 2020 conspiracy theories have had serious and even life-threatening impacts on our nation’s election workers.

American Democracy Minute for Aug. 4, 2022: Cyber Ninjas Said 282 Dead People in Arizona Voted in 2020 – They Were Dead Wrong

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

We’re continuing with Tin Foil Hat week here on the American Democracy Minute with a breaking story from Arizona. A sham audit group hired in 2021 to review Arizona’s 2020 election results claimed to find 282 dead people who had voted. As the Arizona Mirror headline puts it, they were “Dead Wrong.”

American Democracy Minute for Aug. 3, 2022: Tin Foil Hat Week – Dominion Voting Machine Conspiracy Theories Persist

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022

We have another episode in Tin Foil Hat week here on the American Democracy Minute. Earlier, we reported that Dominion Voting Systems machines were falsely alleged to be part of a widespread 2020 election fraud scheme, yet we’re still hearing about these conspiracies.