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

Tag: GOP

Congressional Gerrymandering Arms Race Updates: Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, California and Florida

Congressional Gerrymandering Arms Race Updates:  Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, California and Florida

November 16, 2025November 16, 2025
We have updates on the congressional midterm gerrymandering arms race from Indiana, Missouri, Kansas,and California.  Florida, which has been on the sidelines, may enter the fray soon.
Read More
Utah Judge Rejects Legislature’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map, Choosing a Map Which Follows the State Constitution Instead

Utah Judge Rejects Legislature’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map, Choosing a Map Which Follows the State Constitution Instead

November 12, 2025November 12, 2025
In October, the Utah legislature proposed yet another gerrymandered Congressional map which violated state constitutional rules for redistricting.   Nov. 10th, the judge overseeing the case rejected the legislature’s map, choosing a constitutionally-compliant one instead.
Read More
Maine Voters Defeat Initiative to Further Limit Voter ID Options and Restrict Voting by Mail

Maine Voters Defeat Initiative to Further Limit Voter ID Options and Restrict Voting by Mail

November 6, 2025November 6, 2025
Maine voters soundly defeated Question 1 November 4th, which would have made the state’s voter ID rules the most restrictive in the country, and tightened rules for voting by mail. It was pitched as an “election integrity” measure, despite almost non-existent voter fraud in Maine.
Read More
Ohio General Assembly to Vote on a Further Gerrymandered Congressional Map Put Forward by Politician-Led Redistricting Commission

Ohio General Assembly to Vote on a Further Gerrymandered Congressional Map Put Forward by Politician-Led Redistricting Commission

November 2, 2025November 2, 2025
Ohio voters, who voted down a citizen-led independent redistricting commission in 2024, are seeing the consequences, as Ohio’s politician-led commission gerrymanders two more GOP congressional seats. Democrats say they had no choice but to compromise.
Read More
Trump DOJ Says It Will Monitor Elections Nov. 4th in Five California Counties. Many Fear It’s a Voter Intimidation Tactic.

Trump DOJ Says It Will Monitor Elections Nov. 4th in Five California Counties. Many Fear It’s a Voter Intimidation Tactic.

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025
The Trump Department of Justice announced October 24th it would deploy election monitors at five California counties on November 4th. DOJ says it is to ensure transparency & ballot security, but most of the counties are heavily Latino, competitive or lean liberal, and the Proposition 50 redistricting question is on the ballot.
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.