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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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Coalition Calls on Howard County Executive and Council to Save Fair Elections Program
The County has been unwilling to distribute funds to participating candidates who have qualified for matching funds.
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Advocates for Open Government call on Senate and House Leadership to ensure public access during the 2022 legislative session
Common Cause MD and other organizations are calling on both the Senate and House of Delegates to improve their COVID-19 public-access protocols - and to make them permanent.
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Fair Elections Fund Resolution Introduced in Anne Arundel County
If the County Council passes the resolution, this will put the question of creating a Fair Elections Fund on the ballot for public vote in the November 2022 Election.
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Black Voters, Baltimore County NAACP, League of Women Voters, and Common Cause Sue to Defend Voting Rights in Redistricting
“Throughout this year’s redistricting process, we and residents across Baltimore County called on Council members to follow the law and put the people above politics. Instead, they chose to ignore the law at the expense of free and fair elections. The county’s voting districts don’t belong to politicians, they belong to the people. The people, specifically Black voters, have a right to have a voice in choosing their representatives and should not have to live a decade under an illegal map.”
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Baltimore County Council passes Fair Election Fund in bipartisan vote, including spending limits and increased qualifying thresholds
Baltimore County joins 5 other jurisdictions in Maryland in enacting campaign finance reform. Proponents of the program say it will serve as a counterweight to traditional campaign financing which depends on large and corporate donors.
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Maryland General Assembly Approves Gerrymandered Congressional Map
When the redistricting process is led by politicians, the maps will be drawn to benefit the politicians- and that’s exactly what state legislators have done today.
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Common Cause Announces Baltimore, MD Artist as Winner in 2021 “My Voice, My Art, Our Cause” Artivism Contest
The competition, designed by the Common Cause Student Action Alliance, invited youth ages 14-28 to raise their voices on any set of nine democracy issues, including access to voting, campaign finance reform, fighting against gerrymandering, and more.
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Common Cause Maryland Calls for Hybrid Redistricting Plan to Secure a Transparent, Accessible Process for Congressional District Drawing
Yesterday, the Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission held the final regional hearing in this year’s map drawing cycle before a special session begins to draw congressional district boundaries. The Commission heard public testimony, during which Common Cause Maryland outlined six recommendations for a hybrid redistricting plan that would make the remaining leg of the redistricting special session as transparent, participatory, and inclusive as possible.
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Baltimore County: Bill Implementing Question A Filed Today
Baltimore County has moved one step closer to implementing a Fair Election Fund, as voters directed in the November 2020 elections. Today, County Council President Julian Jones introduced legislation creating a small donor public campaign financing option.
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Maryland Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission Releases Draft Congressional Maps
Yesterday evening, the Maryland Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission released four draft Congressional maps. The Commission committed to releasing draft maps by November 15 after Common Cause Maryland and partners called for greater transparency in the map drawing process.
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EVENT Today: Common Cause Maryland to Call for New Redistricting Plan at Baltimore County Council Hearing
Today, Common Cause Maryland will urge the Baltimore County Council to update draft redistricting plans to more accurately reflect the county’s rapidly growing diversity at a virtual Councilmanic Redistricting Hearing at 6:00 p.m. ET. Common Cause will urge the council to create a second minority majority district to reflect the 2020 Census population data showing Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities make up 47 percent of Baltimore County.
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MoCo Candidates Learn About Public Election Fund Program for 2022 Elections
The Montgomery County Public Election Fund was the center of conversation during a forum last night hosted by Common Cause Maryland. Candidates and potential candidates for Montgomery County Executive and Montgomery County Council learned how to run a “people-powered campaign” rather than one driven by “Big Money” donor interests.