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In a letter sent today, reform groups urged members of Congress to oppose all campaign finance riders and other “poison pill” riders to any CR or omnibus bill to be considered in the remaining days of this Congress.

Common Cause joins more than a dozen pro-democracy organizations and leading government ethics urging President-elect Donald Trump to divest his holdings in his business assets.

In addition to populist movements that challenged both major party establishments, and was ultimately part of the winning formula for President-elect Donald Trump, voters at the local and state level worked together to win democracy reforms across the country. A total of 20 pro-democracy reform initiatives were on ballots and almost all of them won with comfortable margins.

A national movement for democracy reform is growing, even if largely missed in the media

Common Cause statement on reports that the Trump-Pence campaign is engaged in voter suppression.

Common Cause yesterday filed an amicus curiae brief in One Wisconsin Inst. v. Thomsen before the 7th Circuit urging the appellate court to take a fresh look at Wisconsin’s cuts to election reforms previously utilized by youth voters.