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Common Cause Ohio to Review Redistricting Resolution That Passed Ohio House Yesterday
Conference call to review and discuss House Joint Resolutions 11 and 12
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A Big Win In the Midwest
The Illinois legislature passed Election Day Registration, expanded early voting and other electoral reforms
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Common Cause Ohio Report Details Effects of Gerrymandering on 2014 Ohio Elections
Common Cause Ohio and the League of Women Voters of Ohio released a report detailing how the state legislature drew legislative maps to predetermine which party’s candidate won each district.
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Common Cause Member Briefing
Common Cause President Miles Rapoport, Board Chair Robert Reich, and Senior Vice President for Strategy and Programs Karen Hobert Flynn take questions from our members.
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Common Cause Ohio Briefing Spotlights Flaws in Redistricting Bill
Common Cause Ohio organized a press briefing last week to discuss proposed changes to Ohio’s system of legislative redistricting.
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Kürzlich veröffentlichte E-Mails beschreiben Strategie für illegales Gerrymandering in Florida
Der Oberste Gerichtshof von Florida hat die Veröffentlichung von 528 Seiten an E-Mails angeordnet, die zwischen parteipolitischen Beratern und Staatsbeamten ausgetauscht wurden. Darin wurde eine Strategie zur illegalen Manipulation der Wahlkreise des Staates beschrieben.
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Obama Actions on Immigration are Lawful, Limited, and Restrained — and Advance Democracy
President Obama’s executive actions on immigration are lawful, limited and restrained steps toward fixing an immigration system that is demonstrably broken, unjust and unenforceable. They attempt to make good on the promise of a democracy founded by immigrants. They will allow millions of families to emerge from the shadows and become full participants in our economy and our society, and build on the fundamentally American impulse and democratic principle of welcoming new immigrants and appreciating their contributions to our culture...
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Abolishing the filibuster, one year later
It's freezing in Washington this week, but it's not the nuclear winter some Republican senators predicted one year ago today.
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Chris Christie Is Dancing In the Dark Money
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, has a strange plan for campaign finance reform. In a recent radio interview, Chris Christie called for complete disclosure of campaign contributions and the end of secret dark money groups.
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Common Cause Ohio Testifies Today in Ohio General Assembly on Redistricting Proposals
Following Senate Session today, Ann Henkener of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and Sam Gresham of Common Cause Ohio will be testifying before the Ohio House Policy and Legislative Oversight Committee about proposed redistricting reform proposals House Joint Resolutions 11 and 12.
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More Corporations Distance Themselves from ALEC
Over the last few months major companies including Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Yelp, Yahoo, International Paper, Occidental Petroleum, News Corp, Overstock.com, SAP America, and AOL have all announced they have left or were leaving the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the secretive group that brings state politicians and corporate lobbyists behind closed doors to rewrite our laws.
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A Pipeline Full of Special Interest Money
As the U.S. Senate votes on the Keystone XL pipeline today, a new Common Cause analysis reveals that special interest money is what’s really driving the debate.
