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PG County Voters Deserve an Accessible Special Election
County Council must prioritize maximizing turnout
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Dera Silvestre
East Regional Communications Strategist
dsilvestre@commoncause.org
617-807-4032
Joanne Antoine
Executive Director
jantoine@commoncause.org
443-906-0442
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Common Cause, Maryland PIRG, other organizations urge General Assembly to recess
Common Cause Maryland, Maryland PIRG and dozens of other organizations today sent a letter to House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson, urging the General Assembly to recess rather than continue operating with only limited input from the public and advocacy organizations.
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Baltimore City Council Considers Bill to Fully Fund Fair Elections Program
Voters, City Council and Mayor have all supported the fair campaign finance program, now the City Council will vote on funding it.
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Legislators Consider bill to modernize Gubernatorial Small Donor Public Financing System
The bill would update the campaign finance system for Governor, Attorney General and Comptroller to be inline with local small donor public financing programs.
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Common Cause Maryland endorses Fair Maps Act
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Fundraising Expectations for Candidates Continue to Rise Across the State of Maryland
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Governor Larry Hogan Signs Maryland End Gerrymandering Pledge
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U.S. Supreme Court Wrongly Endorses Maryland’s Partisan Gerrymander
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Common Cause Maryland Names New Executive Director
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Maryland attorney general appeals judges’ order to redraw Congressional districts, seeks Supreme Court ruling
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh announced Thursday that he is appealing a federal ruling that threw out the state’s congressional map for the 6th District after determining that Democratic officials unconstitutionally drew the boundary to diminish Republican influence.
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Maryland Voters Pass Election Day Voter Registration
Marylanders voted for a commonsense, pro-democracy reform. They voted for a ballot initiative that gives eligible voters the right to register, update their registration, and vote on every Election Day in the future.
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Democracy Dies in Darkness: Voters Have Right to Know Funders of Online Political Ads
The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun and other local newspapers have sued the state of Maryland to avoid complying with the state’s campaign finance disclosure law, a measure that allows Maryland citizens to easily obtain meaningful information about groups and individuals seeking to influence their vote through ads run on their publications’ online platforms. Common Cause Maryland and the Campaign Legal Center filed a brief in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, arguing that the state should enforce its campaign finance...
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Baltimore City Mayor Pugh Signs Fair Election Fund Charter Amendment
Mayor Catherine Pugh today signed Council Bill 18-0229, a charter amendment to establish the Fair Elections Fund and Citizen Commission.