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DC Moving Ahead on Fair Elections
Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn is among the witnesses this morning as the District of Columbia City Council subcommittee considers the Fair Elections Act of 2017, an ordinance that would add the nation’s capital to the list of jurisdictions embracing a small dollar donor based campaign finance system.
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Contractor’s Security Lapse Exposes Data on Millions of Voters
A contractor for the Republican National Committee has exposed the personal data of 198 million Americans online, raising alarms about the security of election systems across the U.S., according to a report published this week by Gizmodo.
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Texas-sized Trouble
Texas lawmakers have ramped up efforts to deprive millions of Texans of the right to vote since the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder gutted key portions of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA), the Texas Civil Rights Project charges in a new report.
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Election Day!
The polls are open today in a pair of deep south congressional districts,including one that has become the most expensive congressional election ever and a test of President Trump’s popularity – or lack of it – with suburban voters.
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„Vielleicht die schlimmste FCC, die ich je gesehen habe“
In nur wenigen Monaten hat Trumps Abrissbirne die Regeln und Vorschriften praktisch jeder Regierungsbehörde zunichte gemacht. Die Federal Communications Commission bildet da keine Ausnahme.
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Gerrymander Gazette | June 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will hear oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, an appeal of a three-judge federal trial court decision that Wisconsin State Assembly districts are an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
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Gerrymander Gazette | July 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will hear oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, an appeal of a three-judge federal trial court decision that Wisconsin State Assembly districts are an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
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Losing Net Neutrality Would Devastate Disabled Americans
Net neutrality matters to me as a disabled person because the internet is my primary source of socialization, entertainment, and news. I wasn't always disabled or chronically ill.
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Congress Moves to Protect Whistleblowers at the VA
Congress moved last week to protect whistleblowers in the scandal-plagued Department of Veterans Affairs and to make it easier for officials to discipline or fire VA employees who neglect or mistreat patients.
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Does Trump Even Care That Russia Hacked Our Election?
Comey, Sessions agree that President Trump is not very interested in the Russian attacks on our electoral system.
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High Court to Consider Partisan Gerrymandering
The Supreme Court agreed this morning to take a new look at partisan gerrymandering, accepting a Wisconsin case in which a three-judge lower court ruled that Republican state legislators unfairly drew congressional districts that work to elect GOP candidates.
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The Best Congress Money Can Buy
The most expensive congressional campaign in history ends tomorrow in a suburban district north of Atlanta and while the winner is yet to be determined it’s already clear that he or she will take office beholden to an array of big money donors.