34 Search Results Containing "election reform"
Capitol Beat News Service: Paper ballots focus of latest election reform push
Anne Herring, policy analyst for Common Cause Georgia, raised concerns about the latter provision. “The governor and lieutenant governor get to vote on whether their own races will be audited,” Herring told LaHood’s committee. “That’s a little concerning to me in terms of public confidence in elections.”
Found in: Common Cause
How Hall-Long's refusal to release audit findings sparked elections reform talks
Groups urge Lt. Gov. Hall-Long to release her gubernatorial campaign's financial audit.
Found in: Common Cause Delaware
New Lawsuit Attacks Voter-Approved Election Reforms
LANSING, Mich. — Last night, 11 Michigan GOP lawmakers filed a lawsuit in federal court requesting a declaratory judgment that (1) any ballot initiatives dealing with the “times, places, and manners” of elections violated the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution and (2) to invalidate two citizen-passed constitutional amendments regarding elections. Among the amendments is 2022’s Proposal 2, a voting reform ballot measure.
Found in: Common Cause Michigan
Voting Reform Advocates Celebrate Governor Healey’s $5 Million Allocation for Local Election Officials in FY23 Supplemental Budget
Governor Maura Healey today filed a supplemental budget for the 2023 fiscal year which includes a dedicated $5 million allocation for local election officials to support new vote by mail and early voting laws passed last year in the VOTES Act.
Found in: Common Cause Massachusetts
Amid a pricey election cycle, some Allegheny County officials consider campaign finance reform
“There are a lot of decisions that can be influenced and nudged a particular way with high-dollar donations.”
Found in: Common Cause Pennsylvania
Electoral Count Act Reform a Needed Step to Respect Election Results
Americans deserve to know their votes will be counted and their voices heard in our elections. Reform of the antiquated Electoral Count Act is an important step to safeguard the results of free and fair elections. President Trump and his associates came exceptionally close to engineering an overthrow of the 2020 election, as the January 6th Select Committee’s hearings have made clear. They did so in part by making bogus assertions about how the Congress should discharge its certification duties of the presidential election, inciting a violent mob, and convincing 147 Congressional Republicans to vote to overturn the election. Part of this plot included testing arcane provisions of the law that must be modernized and clarified before it happens again.
Found in: Common Cause
Bold Ballot Measure to Reform Oakland Elections Qualifies for November Ballot
Today, a landmark democracy initiative officially qualified for the November ballot, as the present Oakland City Councilmembers unanimously voted to place the Oakland Fair Elections Act initiative on this year’s local ballot, centering voters and communities in local elections.
Found in: California Common Cause
Associated Press: Congress seeks input on election reform in New Mexico
Heather Ferguson of the progressive watchdog group Common Cause New Mexico said New Mexico stands out as a “beacon of light” against states proposing to restrict voting access. She also called attention to vehicle caravans in recent elections that block or intimidate voters at polling locations.
Found in: Common Cause
Same Day Voter Registration is the most popular election reform proposal in Massachusetts
The Election Modernization Coalition applaud the finding of a UMass Amherst poll released today showing that 65% of registered voters in Massachusetts support Same Day Voter Registration.
Found in: Common Cause Massachusetts
Reform the Board of Elections Now
There is no question New York has made clear, demonstrable progress in expanding voting rights and improving our elections. But with every step forward in New York, there is inevitably a corollary step back.