The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Nov. 12, 2025

Court Case Defending Maine’s Limit on Contributions to Super PACs Gets Unlikely Allies: Billionaires
Maine voters approved a ballot question limiting contributions to a Super PAC to $5,000 dollars in 2024. It was overturned by a federal district court, but it’s now headed to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals with some unlikely allies: Billionaires.

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Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - (2024) Maine Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Limits to Individual Contributions to SuperPACs, and Lay the Groundwork for SCOTUS Case
American Democracy Minute - (July) A Maine Ballot Initiative Limiting State Contributions to SuperPACs was Also Ruled Unconstitutional. This One, However, Might Reach SCOTUS.
Open Secrets - Federal judge blocks voter-approved Maine law capping super PAC contributions
U.S. First District Court of Appeals - BRIEF OF MARK CUBAN, WILLIAM VON MUEFFLING, STEVE JURVETSON,
VIN RYAN, AND REID HOFFMAN AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS AND REVERSAL
Sportico - Mark Cuban Joins Legal Fight Against Dark Money and Super PACs
Maine Morning Star - Latest filings in campaign finance court battle argue Maine has legal right to regulate super PACs
Equal Citizens - Outline of the case by former Acting Solicitor Neal K. Katyal

Groups Taking Action:

American Promise, Citizens to End SuperPACs, Equal Citizens

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#News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #EndCitizensUnited #BigMoneyCorruption #SuperPACs #Maine

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Nov. 11, 2025

President Donald Trump Pardons Many of His Accomplices Accused of Trying to Overturn the 2020 Election
November 7th, President Donald Trump pardoned 77 of his alleged accomplices in the attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election. They include his chief of staff Mark Meadows, John Eastman and other lawyers who cooked up the fake electors scheme, and Rudy Giuliani, whose misinformation help fuel an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

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Articles & Resources:

Natinal Archives - 2020 Presidential Election Unofficial Certificates Submitted to The Office of the Federal Register
Georgia Recorder - Trump’s fake electors: Here’s the full list
American Democracy Minute - Developments in GOP Fake Presidential Elector Plots in Nevada & Wisconsin; Investigations Continue in Arizona, New Mexico & Georgia
Trump Administration Pardon Attorney Ed Martin - List of Pardons Posted on X
The Hill - Trump pardons Giuliani, other figures in effort to overturn 2020 election, aide says
Law Forward - The 2020 Fake Electors Scheme: How What Started in Wisconsin Spread Nationally
NBC News - Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others involved in bid to overturn 2020 election

Groups Taking Action:

Protect Democracy, Common Cause WI, States United Democracy Center

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

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#News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #PresidentialPardons #FakeElectors #2020Election #RudyGiuliani #MarkMeadows #DonaldTrump

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Nov. 10, 2025

CA Sees No Voter Intimidation – or Fraud – Despite President’s Claims; Bomb Threats in NJ, SWATing in NY
Only days before the November 4th elections in California and New Jersey, the U.S. Justice Department announced DOJ personnel would be sent to select counties to monitor for “transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law. State officials raised concerns of voter intimidation, though Democratic turnout overwhelmed any attempt at suppression.

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Articles & Resources:

U.S. Justice Department - Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
American Democracy Minute - Trump DOJ Says It Will Monitor Elections Nov. 4th in Five California Counties. Many Fear It’s a Voter Intimidation Tactic.
PBS News - New Jersey bomb threats and Trump’s warnings for California mark final day of voting
NJ Department of State - Statement by Secretary of State Way on Election Day Bomb Threats to Several Polling Locations in New Jersey
LAist – Newsom says Trump is ‘rigging the election’ with federal poll monitors
The Hill - California to Monitor Trump’s DOJ Poll Watchers Amid Concerns of Voter Intimidation, Election Interference
PolitiFact - White House evidence doesn’t prove Trump statement that California “rigged” election

Groups Taking Action:

Latino Community Foundation

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 #NewJersey #California #TrumpDOJ #PollMonitors #ElectionThreats

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Nov. 7, 2025

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

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - (Sept) Restrictions for Mail-In Voting and Voter ID on the Ballot in Maine Nov. 4th Even Though Voter Fraud in Maine is Almost Nonexistent
Maine Secretary of State - Maine Citizen’s Guide to the Referendum Election
Maine Morning Star - Question 1 Changes to Maine election laws
League of Women Voters ME - Voter Suppression Referendum
Maine Morning Star - Mainers reject voter ID proposal, maintaining state voting laws
WGME - High voter turnout attributed to hot local races and key referendum questions

Groups Taking Action:

No on 1, Save Maine Absentee Voting, League of Women Voters ME, AFL-CIO, Disability Rights ME

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 #Maine #Question1 #VoterSuppression

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Nov. 6, 2025

What’s the Impact of Ending the Filibuster in the U.S. Senate?

It’s Not Likely, But if it Happens, We’re in for a Wild Ride.

The U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule requires 60 votes to end debate, and just the threat of a filibuster can block popular legislation. What are the consequences of removing the filibuster rule, the so-called “nuclear option”?

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Articles & Resources:
Brennan Center for Justice - The Filibuster Explained
Brennan Center for Justice - The Case Against the Filibuster

Pew Research - (2022) Finding 60 votes in an evenly divided Senate? A high bar, but not an impossible one
Pew Trust - Americans’ Deepening Mistrust of Institutions
U.S. Senate - Cloture Motions
The Hill - Thune: Votes ‘aren’t there’ to eliminate filibuster, despite Trump push
American Democracy Minute - (2023) U.S. House & Senate Democrats Reintroduce the Freedom to Vote Act, But It Faces More Hurdles This Session
The Guardian - (2021) Senate Republicans again block sweeping voting rights bill

Groups Taking Action:
Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD), Common Cause US, League of Women Voters US

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#News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #Filibuster #GovernmentShutdown #SimpleMajority #USSenate #DonaldTrump

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Nov. 5, 2025

President Trump Called for a Senate Rules Change to End the Filibuster. What is a Filibuster, and How Does it Work?
To help end the U.S. Government shutdown, President Donald Trump called for an end to the filibuster. Just what is the filibuster, and how does it work?

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Articles & Resources:

Truth Social - President Donald Trump post about ending the filibuster
Brennan Center for Justice - The Filibuster Explained
The Hill - Trump: Democrats likelier to win midterms, White House if GOP doesn’t end filibuster
The Hill - Trump’s call for end to filibuster faces GOP headwinds
Ballotpedia - Partisan Breakdown of the United States Senate
U.S. Senate - History of the Filibuster

Groups Taking Action:

Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD), Common Cause US, League of Women Voters US

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 #Filibuster #NuclearOption #GovernmentShutdown #DonaldTrump

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Nov. 4, 2025

Federal Court in DC Issues Permanent Injunction on Part of Trump Executive Order on Elections; No to Changing Federal Registration Form
A federal court in DC issued a permanent injunction Oct. 31st, barring a portion of President Trump’s executive order on elections. The injunction underscores that states and Congress, not the President, are constitutionally responsible for elections.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - (April) Federal Judge Blocks Proof of Citizenship Provisions in Trump Executive Order on Elections
U.S. District Court for DC - Permanent Injunction Against Federal Mail Voter Registration Changes Mandated by President Donald Trump (Three consolidated cases)
U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Div. - The National Voter Registration Act Of 1993 (NVRA)
U.S. Election Assistance Commission - National Mail Voter Registration Form
The Hill - Judge rejects Trump’s voter registration proof-of-citizenship order

Groups Taking Action:

League of Women Voters, LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN
CITIZENS, ACLU

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 #PresidentialPowers #ProofofCitizenship #DonaldTrump #USConstitution

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Nov. 3, 2025

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

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Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - Polling Shows Ohio Voters Lean Toward Passing Citizen-Led Redistricting Commission Ballot Measure, Despite Disinformation from State Officials
American Democracy Minute - High Turnout of Conservative Voters Also Led to Losses for Democracy Reform in Ohio, Nevada, Colorado and Potentially Alaska
Ohio Capital Journal - New Ohio congressional redistricting map introduced to criticism, but may have support to pass
Ohio Capital Journal - Ohio Redistricting Commission unanimously passes congressional map furthering GOP advantage
League of Women Voters OH - Statement on OH Redistricting Commission's Congressional Map

Groups Taking Action:

League of Women Voters OH, Citizens Not Politicians, Fair Districts OH,

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 #FairMaps #Gerrymandering #Ohio #MikeDeWine #RiggedElection