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Common Cause Pennsylvania lança programa de proteção eleitoral de 2024
“Embora o entusiasmo dos eleitores seja alto, queremos garantir que todos os eleitores conheçam seus direitos e possam votar livremente no dia da eleição.”
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Katie Scally
Diretor de comunicações
kscally@commoncause.org
(408) 205-1257
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Redistricting reformers want changes to how political maps are drawn
After years of attempting to get lawmakers to change how state legislative and congressional districts are drawn, redistricting reform advocates had to drop attempts to have political maps drawn by an independent commission.
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Common Cause Pennsylvania pede processo de redistritamento justo e transparente centrado em "nós, o povo"
As recomendações incluem: "Um mapa final do distrito legislativo não deve, quando considerado em nível estadual, favorecer ou desfavorecer indevidamente qualquer partido político, candidato ou titular".
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Hearings begin this week on Pennsylvania legislative, congressional redistricting
The first of the hearings in Harrisburg will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, and feature presentations from advocacy leaders and experts including Common Cause of Pennsylvania Executive Director Khalif Ali, Fair District PA Chair Carol Kuniholm and Temple University’s Lee Hachadoorian.
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Redistricting advocates tell Pa. House leaders that transparency an absolute necessity in mapping process
Khalif Ali, executive director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, recommended that lawmakers start from a blank map, disregarding any existing boundaries and building their own based on public testimony. It might take longer to create, he said, “but we believe that the time spent will result in a map that will be far more representative to the people of the Commonwealth.” Could this practice disadvantage current incumbents? Sure, but protecting incumbents shouldn’t be the goal of redistricting, Mr. Ali said.
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Recomendações para desenhar distritos eleitorais: 'Comece com um mapa em branco'
"Acreditamos que o redistritamento deve ser justo, acessível e politicamente neutro. Mais importante, acreditamos que, para ser bem-sucedido, um processo de redistritamento deve intencionalmente buscar garantir que cada cidadão da Pensilvânia, independentemente do código postal, raça, etnia, primeira língua ou profissão, tenha uma oportunidade igual de eleger um representante que compartilhe seus valores e experiência de vida", o Diretor Executivo da Common Cause Pennsylvania, Khalif Ali, dirá ao Comitê.
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WATCH: A live reader Q&A on how lawmakers spend millions of taxpayer dollars on perks
On Wednesday, July 28 at 5 p.m., Spotlight PA’s Angela Couloumbis; Sam Janesch, Brad Bumsted, and Mike Wereschagin of The Caucus; and Khalif Ali, executive director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, participated in a free Q&A on state lawmaker expenses.
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Pa. GOP lawmakers promise ‘new level of transparency’ in Congressional redistricting plan
“We look forward to working with members of both parties — and, most importantly, Black, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indigenous, and other communities of color who have historically been left out of the redistricting process — to ensure that everyone in Pennsylvania has an equal opportunity to be represented by someone who shares their values and lived experience,” Executive Director Khalif Ali said. “As part of that work, we will be supporting communities in presenting testimony and drawing maps that allow them to tell their...
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Republicanos da Câmara anunciam medidas de transparência no redistritamento do Congresso
'Elogiamos a Assembleia Geral da Pensilvânia e, particularmente, o líder da maioria Kerry Benninghoff, a deputada Wendy Thomas e o presidente Seth Grove por seu compromisso hoje com um processo de redistritamento parlamentar transparente, acessível e participativo.'
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Gov. Wolf’s Vetoes Save Voters’ Access, Save Taxpayers $100+ million
'We – and the taxpayers of Pennsylvania – thank Gov. Wolf for his vetoes today. Today’s vetoes help quantify the financial cost of the anti-voter legislation being passed around the country. In actual dollars-and-cents, making it harder to vote would have cost $99 million in upfront costs and another $19 million in annual recurring costs.'
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Keystone Votes Coalition Urges Veto of H.B. 1300
Members of the nonpartisan Keystone Votes coalition today urged the governor to veto House Bill 1300, a sweeping but controversial set of GOP-backed legislative election reforms.
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Pennsylvania Senate Passes Anti-Voter Bill
The state Senate has just passed HB 1300, a package of voting law changes that includes provisions to make voting more difficult, particularly for Black, Brown and low income voters. We thank Governor Wolf for his promise to quickly veto it
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Pennsylvania Senate Votes to Create ‘Barrier to Casting a Ballot’
Legislators who seek to ‘legislate by constitutional amendment’ devalue our state’s Constitution. If our elected officials want to create barriers to voting, they can attempt to use the ordinary legislative process. In fact, that’s already underway.