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Nonpartisan Voting Rights Organizations Unite to Provide Hotlines, Resources, and Rides To the Polls
Below are some resources put together by coalition members to make sure that everyone has access to their fundamental right to vote.
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Media Contacts
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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Additional Recommendations to the Maryland State Board of Elections, COVID-19
We submitted the following comments to the Maryland State Board of Elections in advance of their meeting on April 2, 2020.
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During COVID-19 State of Emergency, We Must Maintain Transparency and Public Access to Maryland’s Government Proceedings
As public officials adopt emergency measures to protect public health, Common Cause Maryland encourages the maximization of transparency and remote public participation, and also limiting government business to priority functions necessary under the current emergency conditions
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Common Cause, League of Women Voters, other organizations recommend next steps for Maryland elections amid COVID-19
Common Cause Maryland, the League of Women Voters of Maryland, Maryland PIRG and ACLU of Maryland today urged Governor Larry Hogan and the Maryland Board of Elections to implement changes before the delayed 2020 Presidential Primary and the 7th Congressional District special election.
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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.