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Hiding Behind a Filibuster, Every Senate Republican But One Blocks Debate on Voting Rights
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Daily Beast: Gabby Giffords Sues the NRA Over Secret GOP Donation Scheme
“For too long the FEC, primarily due to GOP Commissioners blocking agency action, has allowed massive violations of campaign finance law to go unpunished. Political players in Washington know there’s no cop on the beat. They cross legal lines, get away with it, and then commit even more egregious violations,”...
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New York Times: Why New Yorkers Rejected Ballot Proposals on Voting and Redistricting
“There was a strong anti-democratic push and the pro-democracy folks stayed home,” she said.
Finally, as written, the ballot questions, which required voters to flip their ballots over to weigh in, were hard to understand, according to Common Cause and like-minded groups.
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Ballotpedia: Colorado Supreme Court approves state’s new congressional map
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Common Cause Urges Senators to Vote “Yes” to Begin Debate on the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
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Daily Beast: MAGA Shit Fight May Land Marjorie Taylor Greene in Legal Hot Water
“Sounds as though Marjorie Taylor Greene has received and failed to report an illegal contribution,” Ryan said.
In the campaign finance world, a “contribution” is not just money—it’s anything of value for the purpose of influencing an election. Goods and services, such as legal...
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Arizona Daily Star/InsideSources/Tribune News Service (Op-Ed): The freedom to vote is nonpartisan
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Washington Post: Trump looks to 2024, commanding a fundraising juggernaut, as he skirts social media bans
“The response we got was we have no answer for you at the moment,” said Yosef Getachew, the director of Media and...
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Civil Rights Groups File State Lawsuit Over North Carolina Redistricting Failures
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) brought the...
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WRAL: Civil rights groups file suit over proposed NC voting maps
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Washington Post: Democrats backed a commission to draw fair House lines in Colorado. Now they worry they gave up their power.
Still, Gonzalez said she believes the commission is “the most fair and transparent way of creating maps.”
“At the end of the day all Coloradans want is a process they can trust, they want to understand what is...
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Tech Policy Press: Report proposes solutions to election disinformation