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5 Ways Common Cause Defended Democracy in the First Trump Administration
Here’s just a few examples of how members like you made a positive impact during the first Trump Administration.
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Trump’s Support for Big Coal Paying Off At His DC Hotel
Friday grab bag
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Bucking National Trend, California Making Voting Easier
California is advancing ways to increase voter participation ahead of the 2018 elections, while dozens of states have gone backwards by imposing new voting restrictions.
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Thanks, Mr. Secretary!
A tip of the hat today to an unlikely recipient: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
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Trump’s DACA Plan Grounded in Dubious Legal Claims
President Trump’s threat to deport about 800,000 young immigrants, many attending U.S. schools, holding jobs, and paying taxes, is based on legally dubious claims that an Obama-era executive order granting them “lawful presence” in the U.S. exceeded the then-president’s authority.
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Common Cause Presses FEC, Justice Department to Act on Facebook Ads
Citing evidence that Russian internet “trolls” placed political ads on Facebook last year, Common Cause today urged the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission to investigate and take legal action against those responsible for the messages.
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Trump’s ‘Election Integrity’ Panel “Flawed From the Start”
A report released today by Common Cause makes a powerful case that President Trump’s “election integrity” commission is a sham, rigged to exploit public fears about a voter fraud epidemic that exists only in the minds of the president and his hardcore supporters.
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Common Cause Sues New York State to End Voter Purges
New York State has improperly deactivated the voter registrations of tens of thousands of qualified voters simply because for several years they’ve chosen not to cast ballots, Common Cause New York charges in a lawsuit filed today.
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Blockbuster-Koalition will parteipolitisches Gerrymandering aufdecken
Eine beispiellose Anzahl politischer Führungspersönlichkeiten und Gruppen für eine gute Regierungsführung, darunter Common Cause, hat sich zusammengeschlossen, um den Obersten Gerichtshof aufzufordern, parteipolitisches Gerrymandering zu verbieten.
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Indiana’s Largest County Clamps Down on Early Voting
While early voting expands in mostly white, Republican suburbs, voting gets more difficult in Democrat-dominated, largely black Indianapolis.
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An Ounce of Prevention – Missed
Fearful they would be accused of attempting to sway the presidential election, Obama administration officials last year shut down plans to share a list of cybersecurity precautions with state election officials responsible for protecting voting machines and databases.
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Breaking News: Common Cause Challenge to Partisan Gerrymandering Headed to Trial
A panel of federal judges ruled Tuesday afternoon that the case of Common Cause v. Rucho can proceed to trial, denying a request by lawyers for the state legislature to delay the lawsuit. The case challenges partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina.
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Trump Slaps Minorities With Plan to Give Police Military Gear
His pardon last week of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio gave police across America a new license to lock up Latinos; now President Trump wants to arm the cops with weapons and equipment designed to make war rather than keep the peace.
