Legislative Ethics

“This law undermines the will of the people and will allow corruption to go unchallenged. Let’s be clear: This has never been about minimizing frivolous complaints; this is about making complaints almost impossible," said Amy Keith, executive director of Common Cause Florida.

Today, a federal court denied the state of Florida’s motion for partial summary judgement in a challenge to the state’s racially discriminatory congressional voting map. The ruling by the three-judge panel in Common Cause Florida v. Byrd leaves the case on track to go to trial on September 26th in Tallahassee.

Florida lawmakers begin their annual legislative session Tuesday, with the potential for attacks on voting rights and on citizens’ abilities to have a say in their own governance expected to be a focus.

Common Cause releases 2022 “Democracy Scorecard” showing growing support in Congress for democracy reform