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Common Cause Supports Redistricting Reform Bill
Sen. Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) unveiled SB 491, which provides transparency and accountability procedures for redistricting Georgia's General Assembly and congressional districts after the 2020 Census. Common Cause Georgia was one of several organizations that joined the press conference to support the measure.
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Nonpartisan Voting Rights Groups Meet with Sec. Raffensperger to Discuss Election Preparedness
Today, The Coalition for the People’s Agenda, Common Cause Georgia, Georgia NAACP, Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, League of Women Voters Georgia, and ProGeorgia met with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to discuss election security, issues in counties, and other voting-related problems around the state.
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Common Cause Georgia Begins Census and Redistricting Tour
This fall, Common Cause Georgia joins its partners in the Georgia Redistricting Alliance to tour across the state educating citizens on redistricting reform, Census rollout, and our new voting systems. “We know that there are a lot of questions around these issues and we hope our town halls can help answer some of those questions.”
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Common Cause Lauds Court’s Decision in Historic Georgia Election Security Case
Today United States District Court Judge Amy Totenberg issued a preliminary injunction in Curling v. Raffensperger preventing the state of Georgia from continuing to use its insecure paperless voting machines in elections after 2019. The lawsuit challenged the state’s use of the Accuvote TS voting machine. The court found that the paperless voting systems which have been used for almost two decades in Georgia were too vulnerable to hacking and manipulation to ensure a fair election and their use should be discontinued. Additionally, the...
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Georgia’s Governor Signs New Election Security Bill in Response to Voting Rights Groups’ Lawsuit
Governor Brian Kemp today signed into law HB 392, which has a provision requiring Georgia’s secretary of state to take steps to shore up the security of the state’s voter registration database. The move comes just weeks after Gov. Kemp signed HB 316, which included new protections for Georgia voters who are required to cast provisional ballots. These bills were passed in direct response to a lawsuit brought on behalf of Common Cause Georgia by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, along with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton,...
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Common Cause Calls Out State’s Misleading Statement on Costs of Hand-Marked Paper Ballots vs Electronic Ballot Marking Devices
In a misleading statement released yesterday, Georgia Secretary of State (SOS) Brad Raffensperger claimed that the cost of deploying a voting system relying on hand-marked paper ballots and ballot marking devices for disability access would exceed the cost of deploying only electronic ballot marking devices for every voting station.
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Common Cause Georgia Applauds Atlanta City Council for Introducing Ethics and Accountability Legislation
"The City of Atlanta is paving the way for other cities across Georgia to take a deeper look at ethics and accountability within local government. Georgians want city leaders to make them a priority, not moneyed interests.”
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कॉमन कॉज जॉर्जिया ने नई वोटिंग प्रणाली खरीद में पूर्ण पारदर्शिता का आग्रह किया
"जॉर्जिया के नागरिकों को यह जानना चाहिए कि वोटिंग मशीन विक्रेताओं ने स्थानीय अधिकारियों को महंगे भत्ते देकर लुभाया है। कौन सी प्रणाली खरीदनी है, इस बारे में करोड़ों डॉलर के फैसले जॉर्जिया के मतदाताओं और करदाताओं के हितों को ध्यान में रखकर लिए जाने चाहिए। उन्हें इस आधार पर नहीं लिया जाना चाहिए कि किस कंपनी ने राज्य के विधायकों की पैरवी करने और निर्णयकर्ताओं के साथ घनिष्ठ संबंध बनाने में सबसे अधिक खर्च किया है।"
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Common Cause Georgia Files Complaint Against Georgia State Charter School Commission
Common Cause Georgia today filed a complaint with the state's Inspector General to investigate recently revealed payments and offers of payments by a state vendor to state employees, as well as the same state vendor's transparency law violations. We also urge the state employee who accepted these payments to return them immediately.
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Reaction to Georgia Secretary of State Kemp’s Resignation
Former Georgia Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp finally recognized the inherent conflict of interest of his remaining in that office while simultaneously running for governor.
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कॉमन कॉज जीए ने संघीय न्यायाधीश के "सटीक मिलान" कानून से आपातकालीन राहत प्रदान करने के आदेश का जश्न मनाया
जॉर्जिया के उत्तरी जिले के अमेरिकी जिला न्यायालय की न्यायाधीश एलेनोर लुईस रॉस ने आज आदेश दिया कि जॉर्जिया के मतदाता, जिनके पंजीकरण आवेदन राज्य के "एक्ज़ैक्ट मैच" कार्यक्रम के तहत लंबित रह गए थे, अब 6 नवंबर को होने वाले मध्यावधि चुनाव में अपने मताधिकार का प्रयोग कर सकेंगे।
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With One Week To Go Before Election Day, There’s Still Time For Kemp To Resign
Georgia Exec Director Henderson: Kemp Overseeing Own Election “Undermines Fairness and Confidence in Election Systems” and “He Should Resign Immediately”
