American Democracy Minute for July 7, 2022: U.S. Justice Dept. Files Suit to Block Arizona from Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Use Federal Election Ballot

We reported back in April about a bill passed by the Arizona legislature and signed by Governor Doug Ducey that requires that Arizona voters must have proof of citizenship when voting for President, a law at odds with the National Voter Registration Act. The U.S. Justice Department just filed suit last week to block that new law.

American Democracy Minute for June 10, 2022: State AG Investigates Alleged Voting Machine Tampering by Big Lie Proponents in 11 MI Townships

It’s not only the January 6th committee who has questions about security breaches after the 2020 election. Michigan’s attorney general is pursuing allegations in 11 towns in Michigan of voting machine tampering or the sharing of electronic data from tabulation machines to third parties. The tampering was apparently instigated by local Trump loyalists who believed former President Trump’s now debunked claims of voter fraud.