The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Jan. 16, 2026

Federal Panel Allows California’s Gerrymandered Counterpunch to Five More GOP Congressional Seats in Texas. Will a Politicized SCOTUS Block It?
January 14th, a 9th Circuit federal court panel rejected a GOP claim that California’s new congressional districts were racially gerrymandered. The court said the Proposition 50 maps, created as a counterpunch to gerrymandering in Texas, were manipulated for partisan, not racial reason.

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Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - (Dec. 2025) U.S. Supreme Court Majority Embraces Texas Redistricting, Ignores District Court Panel Racial Gerrymandering Findings
CalMatters - Proposition 50 passed in California. Here’s what you missed
U.S. DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (Via Democracy Docket) - Order in DAVID TANGIPA, et al., Plaintiffs, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. GAVIN NEWSOM, in his official capacity
as the Governor of California, et al.,

American Democracy Minute - (Nov. 2025) The Purcell Principle, Often Used in the SCOTUS Shadow Docket, Will Be Argued in the Texas Gerrymandering Decision. What is it?

Groups Taking Action:

Common Cause, FairVote, League of Women Voters

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State

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#News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #California #Texas #TrumpGerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #PartisanGerrymandering #FairMaps #Proposition50

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Jan. 15, 2026

New Hampshire Legislators Make Yet Another Attempt at Keeping Students from Voting, Further Tightening Voter ID Regulations
New Hampshire legislators are making another attempt to end the use of student IDs as voter identification, claiming such IDs were prone to fraud and advancing a bill to further narrow acceptable options. Such fraud is almost non-existent, and pro-voter groups say it’s partisan voter suppression.

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Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - (2025) Voter Suppression Bills Aimed at College Students Pushed (Again) by the NH Legislature
New Hampshire Bulletin - Citing security, Republicans push to exclude student ID cards from voting verification
NH Legislature - Text of House Bill 323
NH Legislature - Text of CACR 4
NH Municipal Association - (2018) Voter Registration Law Changes: Senate Bill 3
New Hampshire Bulletion - (2021) In blow to state’s Republicans, Supreme Court strikes down voter registration law
Democratic Erosion Consortium - The Dangers of Disenfranchising College Students in New Hampshire

Groups Taking Action:

Open Democracy Action, League of Women Voters NH, NH Youth Movement

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State

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#StudentVoters

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Jan. 14, 2026

Voters Identifying as ‘Independent’ Reaches Record High Led by Younger Americans, Says New Gallup Poll
The number of Americans identifying as independents reached a new high, at the expense of both major parties. An updated Gallup tracking poll found 45% of respondents called themselves political independents, led by younger Americans.

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Articles & Resources:

Gallup - New High of 45% in U.S. Identify as Political Independents
Gallup - (2024 -Previous poll results) Independent Party ID Tied for High; Democratic ID at New Low
Pew Research - Party Affiliation Fact Sheet (NPORS)
ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy - (2017) Gamechangers? Independent Voters May Rewrite the Political Playbook
Unite America - Research Brief: Significant Share of Young Voters Are Independents

Groups Taking Action:

Independent Center, Independent Voter Project, Unite America

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State

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#News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #IndependentVoters #GallupPoll #Polling #2026Midterms

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Jan. 13, 2026

Trump’s Executive Order on Elections Handed Another Defeat, as Federal Court Upholds a State’s Right to Set Ballot Deadlines, Choose Methods
President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections took yet another hit January 9th, as a federal judge blocked portions of the order trying to dictate election and ballot deadlines, what voting systems can be used, and blocking federal funding for non-compliant states.

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Articles & Resources:

The White House - The White House – PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS
Brennan Center for Justice – The President’s Executive Order on Elections
American Democracy Minute - (April 2025) Federal Judge Blocks Proof of Citizenship Provisions in Trump Executive Order on Elections
American Democracy Minute - (June 2025) Second Federal Court Invalidates More of Trump’s Executive Order on Elections as Unconstitutional, Burdensome, and Likely to Disenfranchise
American Democracy Minute - (Nov. 2025) Federal Court in DC Issues Permanent Injunction on Part of Trump Executive Order on Elections; No to Changing Federal Registration Form
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON - Decision in State of Washington v. Trump
The Hill - Judge halts enforcement of Trump executive order against vote-by-mail

Groups Taking Action:

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, League of Women Voters US, National Partnership for New Americans

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#News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #TrumpExecutiveOrders #ElectionsClause #USConstitution #Washington #Oregon #VotebyMail #BallotDeadlines

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Jan. 12, 2026

Missouri Secretary of State Tactics Attempt to Derail Citizen Repeal of Gerrymandered Congressional Map
January 6th, the Missouri Secretary of State disqualified one third of the qualifying signatures for a ballot initiative repealing a gerrymandered mid-decade congressional map. January 9th, his lawyer admitted in court that the state’s language for the ballot initiative was “likely to create prejudice.” It’s all part of an all-out effort to derail the pro-voter ballot measure.

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Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - (2025) After the SCOTUS Texas Congressional Gerrymandering Decision, Battles Continue in Missouri, Indiana and Florida
St. Louis Public Radio - (Oct. 2025) Redistricting foes blast Hanaway for trying to stop referendum on Missouri map
Denny Hoskins, Missouri Secretary of State - Setting the Record Straight on Ballot Language
PBS/AP - Opponents of Trump-backed redistricting in Missouri submit a petition to force a public vote
Missouri Independent - Denny Hoskins isn’t verifying one-third of signatures for vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered map
Missouri Independent - Denny Hoskins admits writing flawed ballot summary for Missouri gerrymandering referendum

Groups Taking Action:

People Not Politicians, ACLU Missouri, Campaign Legal Center

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State

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#News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #Missouri #TrumpGerrymandering #FairMaps #PeopleNotPoliticiansMO #RacialGerrymandering

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Jan. 9th, 2026

FL Governor Ron DeSantis Calls April Special Session to Gerrymander More GOP Congressional Districts, Escalating Redistricting Fight
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis called an April special session of the legislature with the intent of redrawing the state’s congressional districts, further escalating the gerrymandering wars started last summer by President Donald Trump. An estimated three to five additional GOP seats are expected.

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Articles & Resources:

BallotPedia - Florida Amendment 6, Congressional District Requirements Initiative (2010)
Florida Politics - (2022) Gov. DeSantis signals he won’t sign Legislature’s proposed congressional maps
ProPublica (2022) How Ron DeSantis Blew Up Black-Held Congressional Districts and May Have Broken Florida Law
American Democracy Minute - (2023) DeSantis Congressional Map Diluting Black Voting Power Heads to Florida Supreme Court After Being Upheld by Appeals Court
Bolts Magazine - Floridians Restricted Gerrymandering. Their Justices Are Retreating on Enforcing That.
Florida Phoenix - (2025) DeSantis says Florida ‘will be forced’ to redistrict because of pending U.S. Supreme Court decision
Florida Phoenix - Governor calls an April special session on redistricting

Groups Taking Action:

Commom Cause FL, Southern Poverty Law Center, Equal Ground

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Jan. 8th, 2026

Motor-Voter Laws Have Helped Register Millions to Vote, But Accidentally Signed Up a Relative Small Number of Noncitizens. It’s Still a Big Success.
As a solution to declining voter registration rates, 24 states and the District of Columbia implemented automatic voter registration, also known as AVR or “motor-voter.” Mistakes including the registration of noncitizens have occurred, but it’s also resulted in helping millions more Americans register to vote.

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Articles & Resources:

NPR - Some Noncitizens Do Wind Up Registered To Vote, But Usually Not On Purpose
Univ. of St. Thomas Law - Driver’s Licenses for All Meets Automatic Voter Registration: A Recipe for Noncitizen Voter Fraud or a Pathway to Electoral Justice?
Texas Tribune - Texas counties are looking into “potential noncitizens” on voter rolls. Here’s what they’re finding.
Oregon Public Broadcasting - Hundreds of noncitizens were registered to vote in Oregon through state error
Oregon Capital Chronicle - Wrongly registered voters were a mistake, not a policy decision
Oregon Secretary of State - Following DMV review of all relevant records, Oregon Secretary of State identifies 9 potentially ineligible voters with improper registration records
Oregon Dept. of Transportation - After-Action Report Regarding Oregon Motor Voter Issues

MIT Election Data & Science Lab - Automatic voter registration

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U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State

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#News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #AVR #MotorVoter #VoterRegistration #Texas #Oregon

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Jan. 7, 2026

The Transcript of Former Jan. 6th Prosecutor Jack Smith’s Deposition to the House Judiciary Committee is Released. It’s an Interesting Read.
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee released the transcript of former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s December 17th deposition defending his January 6th insurrection and Mar-a-Lago classified documents cases. The 255-page transcript released New Year’s eve shows Smith was convinced that President Donald Trump was responsible for the insurrection.

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Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - Assault on America’s Democratic Process: The January 6th, 2021 Insurrection by the Numbers
U.S. House Judiciary Committee via PBS - Transcript of Testimony by Former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith
Report of Special Prosecutor - Final Report of the Special Counsel Under 28 C.F.R. § 600.8

Congressional Research Service - The Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant: A Legal Introduction
NPR - NPR's Visual Archive of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
American Oversight - A Timeline of the Government’s Response on Jan. 6, 2021
ABC News - Timeline: Special counsel's probe into Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election
Associated Press - A timeline of events leading to Donald Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case

Groups Taking Action:

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, C.R.E.W., Protect Democracy

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State

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#News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #ProtectElections #January6th #StoptheSteal #TrumpCriminalTrials #DonaldTrump #JackSmith