HeyJaredAmerican Democracy Minute
A 90-second radio report and podcast which keeps you informed on key democracy issues in the U.S.: Voting rights, redistricting & gerrymandering, money-in-politics, political corruption, voting research & polling, democracy reforms such as ranked choice voting and open…
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Episode 1131: California Updates: County Sheriff Must Return the Ballots He Seized; County Registrar Under Scrutiny After Alleging Primary Ballot Stuffing (opens the original)
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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 30, 2026 California Updates: County Sheriff Must Return the Ballots He Seized; County Registrar Under Scrutiny After Alleging Primary Ballot Stuffing We have updates from California today, where Riverside County’s sheriff was ordered to return over 650,000 2025 ballots he seized earlier this year, and state and federal officials are investigating after Shasta County’s chief election officer and known election skeptic made allega
Episode 1130: The U.S. Supreme Court Again Blocks Third Attempt to Restore Missouri’s Gerrymandered 2025 Map for the Midterm. Now It’s Up to the Voters. (opens the original)
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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 29, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court Again Blocks Third Attempt to Restore Missouri’s Gerrymandered 2025 Map for the Midterm. Now It’s Up to the Voters. For the third time, the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked a gerrymandered Missouri congressional map from being used in the 2026 general election. The September 25th decision ends, at least until after the midterms, state-sponsored GOP efforts to eliminate a long-held Democratic seat in
Episode 1129: U.S. Supreme Court’s Majority Allows Use of Social Security Data for SAVE Database, But Limits Through the Election; Case Sent Back to DC Circuit (opens the original)
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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 28, 2026 U.S. Supreme Court’s Majority Allows Use of Social Security Data for SAVE Database, But Limits Through the Election; Case Sent Back to DC Circuit There’s been a decision in a U.S. Supreme Court voting rights & data privacy case we’ve been following. Sept. 25th, the high court’s majority allowed Social Security data to be used in the Trump administration’s SAVE database, over the strenuous objection of pro-voter and civi
Episode 1128: Maine Senator Susan Collins Embroiled in ‘Pay-to-Play’ Allegations, After ProPublica Investigation Exposes a Shelved DOJ Investigation (opens the original)
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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 25, 2026 Maine Senator Susan Collins Embroiled in ‘Pay-to-Play’ Allegations, After ProPublica Investigation Exposes a Shelved DOJ Investigation Nonprofit investigative news outlet ProPublica is reporting a previously unknown 2024 FBI investigation involving a super PAC associated with U.S. Senator Susan Collins, and possibly Collins herself. The ‘pay-to-play’ allegations involve a federal contractor and donor to the Collins’ PAC
Episode 1127: Third SCOTUS Appeal Now Submitted in Missouri Congressional Map; Secretary of State Faces Three Lawsuits Over His Conduct (opens the original)
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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 24, 2026 Third SCOTUS Appeal Now Submitted in Missouri Congressional Map; Secretary of State Faces Three Lawsuits Over His Conduct As anticipated, an appeal of an 8th Circuit ruling reviving Missouri’s gerrymandered 2025 congressional maps has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Back in Missouri, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins faces three new lawsuits over his behavior in the lead up to the case. Today’s Links Articles & Resources
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