The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Aug. 28, 2024

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Today’s Script

(Variations occur with audio due to editing for time. Today’s Links below the script)

You’re listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.

We have updates on two state stories today.  New reporting suggests Georgia officials may seek to remove State Election Board members for recent fringe rule changes.   And the Texas attorney general is under scrutiny for raids on the homes of pro-democracy LatinX activists.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Governor Brian Kemp asked the state’s attorney general for guidance on removing members of the State Election Board, a majority of whom approved new rules allowing county election board members to do their own investigations before certifying elections.  The move was widely seen as a precursor to obstructing the 2024 election results.  The Georgia Democratic Party also filed suit to dispute that decision and other changes they said were “not just unethical, but illegal.”  

The Texas Tribune reports that at least six raids on the homes of a Texas House candidate and voting advocates from the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, have LatinX civil rights organizations calling for a federal investigation.  What Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says is the result of a two-year “election fraud” and “vote harvesting” investigation, LULAC’s Texas State Director Gabriel Rosales said was intended to, QUOTE “suppress the Latino vote through intimidation and any means necessary to tilt the electoral process in favor of his political allies.”

We’ll be following both of these stories.   We’ve linked detailed local reporting at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org. I’m Brian Beihl. 

Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

Georgia Secretary of State – Raffensperger Defends Georgia’s Election Integrity Act from Last Minute Changes Delaying Election Results

ProPublica – Officials Voted Down a Controversial Georgia Election Rule, Saying It Violated the Law. Then a Similar Version Passed.

Georgia Recorder – Critics charge GOP Georgia election board members violated state laws in rushed meeting
Georgia Recorder – Congresswoman Lucy McBath, other Dems call for removal of Trump loyalists on Georgia Election Board
Texas Attorney General – Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Crim­i­nal Inves­ti­ga­tion Divi­sion Exe­cutes Search War­rants in Frio, Atas­cosa, and Bexar Coun­ties in Ongo­ing Elec­tion Integri­ty Investigation
CBS News – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton raids Latino Democrats’ homes, including those of LULAC members

Texas Tribune – LULAC condemns Paxton’s election fraud raids as “intimidation”

Texas Tribune – Texas Latino leaders label voter fraud investigation “nonsense,” call for federal, state reviews

Texas Tribune – A Fox News host’s debunked election conspiracy appears to have prompted a state investigation

Groups Taking Action:
League of United Latin American Citizens, Fair Fight

Check Your Voter Registration

• U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your State
• USA Vote Foundation – Registration, Eligibility, State Election Office Links
• Vote.Gov – Register to Vote in Your State
• Vote.Org – Check Your Registration to Vote
  
  

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