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Common Cause Pennsylvania: Election Night is Not Results Night
As voters head to the polls, Common Cause Pennsylvania is reminding voters that it may take days for election officials to finalize results.
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Voting Rights Advocates Intervene to Stop Illegitimate Purge of Eligible Pennsylvania Voters
Purging lawful voters from Pennsylvania’s voter rolls is illegal and undemocratic, voting rights groups said today while filing a motion to intervene to protect voting rights in the state.
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Common Cause Pennsylvania Testifies on Needed Election Improvements
“Regardless of the challenges inherent to holding an election in the midst of a pandemic and implementing historic voting reforms all at the same time, it is essential that every eligible voter must be able to cast a ballot, regardless of zip code, proximity to public transportation, disability, or language access needs,” said Suzanne Almeida, Interim Executive Director of Common Cause Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania expecting $14.1M in ‘election assistance’ grants from stimulus package
Suzanne Almeida, interim director of the voting accessibility advocacy group Common Cause Pennsylvania, said she supports, “in principle,” the sending of mail-in ballot applications to all eligible voters in the state, but wants to make sure it’s accessible to all voters — including those with visual disabilities who would need to vote on a ballot marking device, for example.
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Pennsylvania pushes back its primary to June 2
“Rescheduling a primary election is not a decision that is made lightly, but moving this election now prevents us from having to implement last minute changes, which can disenfranchise voters,” a statement from Common Cause said. “We witnessed last week’s confusion in Ohio, when its government cancelled an election at the last minute. We don’t want that in Pennsylvania.”
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Primary postponed – Statement from Common Cause PA
This is a defining time in our state’s history. It is apparent that the COVID-19 crisis is reshaping many of our day-to-day lives in unexpected ways, including the rescheduling of Pennsylvania’s primary election....
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Resources for PA Special Elections Voters Are Available
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Common Cause Shifts Leadership In Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh campaign rules curb contributions, but punish some candidates
“Pittsburgh and other cities, and counties, need to be more forward and be more aggressive at setting up their own campaign finance laws,” said Micah Sims, executive director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, a nonpartisan government accountability group.
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Common Cause Pennsylvania Opposes House Bill 196
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How Pennsylvania could improve voting and elections, according to advocates and experts
“It’s been 80 years since we’ve done something like this,” said Micah Sims, head of the Pennsylvania branch of the good-government group Common Cause. “We can’t allow one particular entity to do it all by themselves. We have to work together.”
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Pennsylvania Election Protection Coalition Provided Resources and Aid to Voters
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Governor Wolf Signs Historic Voting Reform Package
Common Cause Pennsylvania applauds Governor Wolf and the General Assembly on the passage of SB421, a voting and election reform package that will improve the way Pennsylvanians participate in their democracy.