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5 Ways Common Cause Defended Democracy in the First Trump Administration
Here’s just a few examples of how members like you made a positive impact during the first Trump Administration.
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Court Upholds Straight-Ticket Voting in Michigan
On July 21, a federal judge struck down Michigan’s attempt to ban straight-ticket voting, finding that the restriction placed a “disproportionate burden on African-Americans’ right to vote.” The court also ruled that Michigan’s $5 million plan to upgrade the machinery of its elections to offset that burden was “woefully insufficient.”
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Gerrymander Gazette | July 27, 2016
Unpacking, uncracking and unstacking redistricting news since 2016.
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Copy of Gerrymander Gazette | July 27, 2016
Unpacking, uncracking and unstacking redistricting news since 2016.
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The Man Who Brought Us Citizens United is Back
Jim Bopp, the Indiana attorney who led the effort to remove all restraints on independent corporate spending in campaigns in the landmark Supreme Court case Citizens United v. FEC (2010), is now leading another effort to weaken federal campaign finance laws.
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Disabled voters still face trouble at the polls
With the November elections approaching, national efforts towards increasing voter turnout are underway. During the second week of July, the National Council on Disability hosted “National Disability Voter Registration Week” in hopes of ensuring that the disability community’s voice, both collectively and as individuals, will be heard this election year.
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Census Bureau fails to change harmful representation system
Prison-based gerrymandering threatens our democracy’s commitment to fair representation. The practice leads to certain districts becoming largely composed of voiceless individuals, since prisoners cannot vote in most states.
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What is Gerrymandering?
What is Gerrymandering?
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Platforms Without Media?
Party platforms can be sleepy affairs. In recent years, platform writing too often became an exercise of box-checking to “reach out and touch” as many interest groups as possible so everyone felt involved, with an anodyne sentence or two thrown in so these interests felt included. Long on generalities and short on specifics, platforms in recent years were routinely adopted at the party’s convention—and then promptly forgotten.
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유권자들이 실제 선택권을 갖지 못하면 민주주의는 실패합니다.
More than one-third of all Wisconsinites will have no choice whatsoever when they vote for their state representative in November
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Celebrating FOIA’s 50th Birthday
FOIA—the federal Freedom of Information Act—will turn 50 on the 4th of July, its birthday commemorated with President Obama’s signing of a rare, bipartisan bill to update and strengthen it.
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Common Cause Member Call
Common Cause President, Karen Hobert-Flynn held a special phone briefing for members and supporters like you on June 23 at 8pm ET. She shared how we will use this next year to fight big money in politics, protect our right to vote, advance impartial redistricting reform, and more.
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NEW REPORT: Shining a Light, Success of the Massachusetts Disclosure Law
Check out the new Common Cause Massachusetts Report - Shining a Light: Success of the Massachusetts Disclosure Law
