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Connecticut’s groundbreaking election reform laws have passed a critical test with the agreement of state Democrats to pay $325,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing them of skirting the rules to use donations from state contractors to boost Gov. Dannel Malloy’s reelection campaign, Common Cause said today.

The California Legislature passed its budget passed Wednesday that includes $1.8 million for modernizing Cal-Access, the state's online campaign finance system.

Common Cause praised New York legislators who crossed party lines to urge Congress to pass a constitutional amendment

Common Cause leader says IRS chief's critics are really trying to shield anonymous political donors from scrutiny

Statements by President Karen Hobert Flynn and Michael Copps, special advisor on media and democracy reform

Washington, DC --- Karen Hobert Flynn, a democracy reform activist and leader for more than three decades, including 25-plus years on staff and in state and national leadership positions with Common Cause, has been named the organization’s tenth president.