Common Cause MD's new executive director shares her plans for this year, and beyond

Common Cause Wisconsin의 전무이사인 제이 헥은 "이것은 특정 직책에 선출되거나 재선되도록 하는 목적으로 캠페인에 기부된 돈입니다."라고 말했습니다. "그리고 의원이 더 이상 그 직책에 출마하지 않기로 결정하면, 남은 돈은 청산해야 하며, 그 돈은 자선 단체에 기부하거나, 아마도 부채에 대한 기여의 형태로 미국 납세자에게 돌려주어야 한다고 생각합니다."

Thursday's meeting will be open to the public, but Executive Director of Common Cause New York Susan Lerner says the state’s redistricting process has largely been conducted behind closed doors.

“The commission, which has held no meeting, after being charged with drawing a new congressional map, has announced that it’s going to meet on Thursday afternoon, and they’re going to vote on a map," Lerner said. "Nobody’s seen it, nobody’s made any comments about it, nobody has been able to provide feedback.”

Ishan Mehta, media and democracy program director for Common Cause, said the calls in New Hampshire last month represented "only the tip of the iceberg" and warned that "it is critically important that the FCC now use this authority to fine violators and block the telephone companies that carry the calls."

Mehta called on Congress to pass the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, which would prohibit the distribution ofdeceptive AI-generated audio, images, or video relating to federal candidates in political ads.

On Dec. 19, the North Carolina NAACP along with Common Cause, a nonpartisan nonprofit advocating for fair and transparent elections, and a group of eight residents filed a lawsuit against Republican mapmakers, including Philip Berger, Tim Moore and the State Board of Elections, for passing allegedly racially adjusted and rushed gerrymandered maps.

Bob Phillips, the executive director at Common Cause North Carolina, said in an interview that minority communities, like the Black community, will not get to choose...

3%가 조금 넘는 참여로, Newark의 학교 위원회 선거는 신선하고 젊은 에너지를 주입할 수 있습니다. 이 학생들에게 의견을 말할 기회를 주면, 그들이 얼마나 많은 일을 할 수 있는지 놀랄지도 모릅니다.

우리는 뉴어크 시의회가 학교 운영위원회 선거의 투표 연령을 낮추는 조례안을 찬성으로 통과시키기를 기대하며, 이 학생들이 기회가 주어졌을 때 무엇을 이룰지 기대합니다.

Common Cause Michigan welcomed the judges' decision, but urged that the commissioners be allowed to redraw the maps.

"We're glad to see all voices protected in our democratic process, especially Black Michiganders who have often been intentionally left out," Common Cause Michigan Executive Director Quentin Turner said in a Friday statement. "Despite the redraw, we believe independent commissions, and not legislators, are the best way to achieve fair maps. The voters should always be able to choose their elected leaders — not...

Common Cause Florida is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that has been working for nearly 50 years to uphold the core values of American democracy, including an open, accountable government that is of, by, and for the people. They focus on issues around voting, and ensuring that every vote counts, that every eligible voter gets their chance to have a say, and that our elections represent the will of the people.

Our guest today, Amy Keith, started working for Common Cause Florida about a year and a half ago as Florida...

But John M. Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, said Da Cruz’s conduct as a member of the South Kingstown Town Council “makes him unfit to serve on such an important body as the Rhode Island Ethics Commission.”

Ethics Commission appointments are arguably the most important that a governor makes, aside from choosing state judges, Marion said. Rhode Island’s constitution gives the Ethics Commission “extraordinary powers,” including removing elected officials from office, and Common Cause fought for...