[Music] 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 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 home of a Texas house candidate and voting Advocates from the league of United Latin American citizens or lulach have Latin act civil rights organizations calling for a federal investigation what Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office says is the result of a 2-year election fraud and vote harvesting investigation lok'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've linked to detailed local reporting at American democracy minute.org I'm Brian ve