The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for May 21, 2025

Indiana Bans Student IDs as Voter ID; Challenger File Suit Contending Law is a ‘Surgical Strike on Young Voters’
Since 2005, the State of Indiana allowed voting-eligible students to use their student IDs to vote. April 16th, Governor Mike Braun signed SB 10, which included banning use of student photo IDs for voting without evidence of misuse. That law is headed to court.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

Indianapolis Capital Star - Indiana elections chief defends voting ban on ‘unsecured’ student IDs after legal challenge
Indiana General Assembly - SB 10
The Indiana Citizen - ELECTION SECURITY OR DISENFRANCHISEMENT?
Indiana Senate Republicans - Doriot: Bill to strengthen Indiana's elections passes committee
Indianapolis Star - 'Attack on young voters': Indiana faces lawsuit over new law banning student IDs for voting

Groups Taking Action:

Count Us IN, Women4Change Indiana, Campus Vote Project

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

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

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for May 20, 2025

Brennan Center Report Shows Gerrymandering’s Impact on Control of Congress
Gerrymandering, the manipulation of voting district boundaries to engineer an election outcome which benefits a particular party, had a significant impact on control of the new Congress, according to a Brennan Center Report.

Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
Brennan Center for Justice – How Gerrymandering and Fair Maps Affected the Battle for the House
FactCheck.org – Speaker Johnson’s Partisan Spin on Gerrymandering in the 2024 Election
National Conference of State Legislatures – Redistricting Commissions: State Legislative Plans
Campaign Legal Center – Independent Redistricting Commissions

Campaign Legal Center – Movement to Establish Citizen-Led Redistricting Commissions in the States
California Citizens Redistricting Commission – What is the Commission?

Groups Taking Action:
Common Cause, Represent.Us, League of Women Voters US

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

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

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for May 16, 2025

Pro-Voter Groups Again Challenge ‘Least Change” Congressional Districts in Wisconsin Supreme Court, After Outcome of April’s $100M Court Race
After the election of liberal-leaning Justice Janet Protasiewicz in 2023, Wisconsin state assembly and senate maps were challenged in the Wisconsin Supreme Court and subsequently thrown out as unconstitutional. But justices passed on a challenge to the Congressional districts.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - (2023) Oral Arguments Heard by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Constitutionality of the the State’s Extreme Gerrymandered Maps
American Democracy Minute - (2024) After Cleaning Up Gerrymandered State Senate & Assembly Districts, the Wisconsin Supreme Court Passes on Congressional Districts
American Democracy Minute - (2024) In a Game of Chicken with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, GOP Legislators Pass Somewhat Competitive Redistricting Maps in Effort to Avoid Truly Fair Maps

Wisconsin Public Radio - 2 lawsuits challenging Wisconsin’s congressional map filed with state Supreme Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court (via WPR) - Elias Group Challenge to Congressional Districts
Wisconsin Supreme Court (via WPR) - Campaign Legal Center Challenge to Congressional Districts

Groups Taking Action:

Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition, League of Women Voters WI, Common Cause WI

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