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The New York State Board of Elections approved language on August 1 that describes a November ballot measure as creating an “independent” commission on legislative redistricting. Common Cause New York criticized the language as confusing and misleading because the leadership and appointees of the legislature would make appointments to the proposed commission that will then draw the legislators’ districts.

A federal judge ordered Florida officials today to redraw the state's congressional districts in time for the 2014 election.

According to a study by the Center for the Study of the American Electorate, there have been record low turnouts in many state primaries.

Today, the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause and the Sunlight Foundation filed complaints at the Federal Communications Commission against two television stations that incorrectly identified front groups as the “true sponsors” of political advertisements, when they were in fact paid for by one individual.

Today's announcement that Californians will vote on a proposal to instruct Congress to pass a constitutional amendment reining in the power of big money in our political system is great news for all Americans and our democracy.

Spaulding on MSNBC about filibuster