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Cape Gazette: Seaford voting bill, bond bill pass house after some maneuvering
“We’re horrified and disappointed that this bill passed. Corporations have no place in our elections – full stop,” said Claire Snyder-Hall, executive director of Common Cause Delaware. “In a state with more registered businesses than residents, this bill gives wealthy outsiders the power to override the actual people of Seaford. Hopefully, it will not make it through...
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Associated Press: 6 charged in alleged straw donor scheme to help get Eric Adams elected New York City mayor
“The campaign finance system we have in New York City deliberately makes it harder for people who want to buy influence,” Lerner said. “The lesson here is do not try to game the system because you will be caught.”
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Stateline: As states hunt for new voters, Massachusetts adds thousands via Medicaid applications
“AVR was a huge win to address … the disconnect keeping a certain part of our population who are otherwise eligible to vote from getting on the voter rolls. And Medicaid recipients are certainly part...
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Roll Call: Election rulings temper Supreme Court’s conservative streak
“Even though people have been very worried about the Supreme Court upending precedent in high-profile cases, in Allen v. Milligan, where the court said the...
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Inside Sources/Tribune New Service/St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Op-Ed): ‘We the People’ must strengthen our democracy
We the people have faced serious threats in the past, including even the Civil War, and we have overcome them. We must continue to pass laws to strengthen our democracy in many states. In other states, we will not back down from defeating a new generation of Jim Crow laws crafted to keep targeted communities from the polls.
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Omaha World-Herald: Spending on lobbyists climbs past $21 million in Nebraska
“It’s pretty dramatic, I think,” said Jack Gould, the Common Cause issues chair. “This report shows the ever-growing influence of lobbying and why Nebraskans must demand better.”
Gould said the figures are a concern because the groups that can...
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Public News Service: IN Voter Turnout Shows Disinterest in Elections, Politics
"Voter turnout is one of the ways that we judge whether or not you have a vibrant democracy," said Vaughn. "You know, are people participating? Do they want to come out and make their voices heard through the electoral process?"
Vaughn said it's more proof that concern is growing as the next presidential contest draws near.
"People have had a sense of...
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Associated Press: Delaware House approves bill allowing business entities to vote in town’s municipal elections
“In a state with more registered businesses than residents, this bill gives wealthy outsiders the power to override the actual people of Seaford,” she said in a news release.
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Common Cause: “Our Nation is Stronger When Colleges are Racially Diverse”
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Associated Press: Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory but leaves a door open for 2024 election challenges
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CNN: Supreme Court rejects controversial Trump-backed election law theory
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The Guardian: US supreme court rules against fringe legal theory in key voting rights case