[image: MD-Maryland-Voting-Rights-Act-of-2026-State-VRAs-20260219.png] American Democracy Minute Radio News Report for Feb. 19, 2026 Timely to June 1, 2026 The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has steadily gutted Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters in recent decades. With few protections left, and a pending decision likely to make it worse, nine states have passed state VRAs. The Maryland Senate just advanced a portion of the Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2026.
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www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/02/18/with-u-s-supreme-court-support-for-the-voting-rights-act-disappearing-the-maryland-assembly-considers-the-maryland-voting-rights-act-of-2026/
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www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/02/18/with-u-s-supreme-court-support-for-the-voting-rights-act-disappearing-the-maryland-assembly-considers-the-maryland-voting-rights-act-of-2026/
๐ป Broadcast File: Pacifica Radio Network’s Audioport <audioport.org/index.php?op=series&series=American+Democracy+Minute&> and PRX <exchange.prx.org/series/42434-american-democracy-minute> In greater Concord, NH hear ADM on www.WNHNFM.org/live <www.wnhnfm.org/live> just before 11 AM Eastern M-F, or ask your smart speaker to “Play the American Democracy Minute Podcast.โ
