“The current maps are often pointed to, ‘Oh, look how terrible they are.’ But they are drafted to give specific communities a fair chance to choose their own representatives,” said Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, an advocacy group which opposed the new map. She noted that a special master appointed by a federal court had drawn the previous congressional map, and said that he had taken these demographic factors into account. ...

“People do not live, work and play in neat lines and boxes....

Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, a voting rights and good governance advocacy group, also criticized the new map, arguing in a statement that it “divides communities of interest and neighborhoods, particularly in New York City, and ignores the cores of the existing Congressional districts.”

On January 30, 2024, Common Cause filed a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court urging them to disqualify Donald Trump under the 14th Amendment.

Here you can find your representatives, how to contact them, bills they’ve introduced, committees they serve on, and political contributions they’ve received.

On Saturday, at a rally for former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, a lone gunman fired a series of shots injuring former President Trump, killing one rally attendee and critically injuring two others. The FBI is investigating this as an assassination attempt.

Staff members of Common Cause Education Fund (“Common Cause”) announced on Friday that they have unionized with Washington-Baltimore News Guild, Local 32035. The announcement was met with the full support and welcome of the organization’s leadership team and board members.

On the heels of filing a whistleblower complaint with the IRS charging abuse of federal tax laws, Common Cause New Mexico today asked Attorney General Gary King to look into the tax status of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in New Mexico.