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Common Cause Georgia, League of Women Voters, SPLC Applaud Court’s Decision to Move Redistricting Case Forward
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Public News Service: Amid multiple lawsuits, Texas’ redistricting gets D- from elections watchdog
"The public understands that whether you're kept in one district with a community that shares concerns of all sorts can really make the difference between having a champion in the halls of power - or not having a champion," he explained.
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Ohio Capital Journal: Does Sec. of State LaRose have no Senate campaign HQ, or is it where he’s moving his state office?
“If in fact this has been planned for nearly five years, we should have been in the know for a really long time,” Turcer said.
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FEC Urged to Amend Regulation to Account for False AI Content
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VoteBeat/AZ Mirror: Three seconds to spot fraud? Testing Arizona’s ballot signature checking process.
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The Daily Beast: This Top GOP Recruit Has a Swampy Connection to a Trumpy Rep
Americans, Spaulding said, are “rightly turned off” by such relationships.
“It’s what gives rise to corruption and the appearance of...
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AmericaOne Radio The Ron Show: Redistricting Report Cards & Athens’ DA Dilemma
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The Oregonian/Oregon Capital Chronicle: Oregon’s failure to get tribal input earns it poor grade for redistricting in national report
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Charlotte Observer: Not just about money: New laws in state budget give more power to the General Assembly
“Democracy requires transparency,” Webb said.
Webb, with Common Cause, said it’s “really important to look at the holistic picture. All the ways that the legislature...
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Santa Fe New Mexican: New Mexico’s redistricting effort receives high grade
Dan Vicuña, director of redistricting and representation for Common Cause, a voting-rights nonprofit headquartered in Washington, D.C., said in an interview those compiling the report put less focus on partisan conflicts and court cases and more on “whether public input was implemented in the maps.”
He said while the...
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The Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com: Ohio’s redistricting process gets an ‘F’ from national group
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Omaha World-Herald: Nebraska rated a C+ for redistricting process by national group
Besides three public hearings across the state on the proposed maps, Geis said, it was difficult to get committee members to engage with public input. He said lawmakers largely ignored suggested maps proposed by community organizations.
“Citizens’ work on this is why we had...