34 Search Results Containing "election reform"
Earth Day: 50 Years of Being In Common Cause With Our Environment
Earth Day and Common Cause turn 50 in 2020 and share more than an anniversary -- a deep and abiding commitment to public policy in the common good.
Found in: Common Cause
WIDESPREAD PRIMARY ELECTION PROBLEMS UNDERSCORE URGENT NEED FOR REFORM
Found in: Common Cause Illinois
Bob Phillips, Tar Heel of the Year finalist, is a voice for open elections and reform
For Phillips’ work in bringing about that change, as well as spending the past two decades pushing for government reforms even as both political parties have pushed back, Phillips was a finalist for The News & Observer’s 2019 Tar Heel of the Year.
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
News & Observer: Bob Phillips, Tar Heel of the Year finalist, is a voice for open elections and reform
“Bob Phillips is what’s good about politics,” Dennis Wicker told The News & Observer in an interview. Wicker, a Democrat, served as lieutenant governor from 1993 to 2000 and considered Phillips a trusted advisor, then and now. “He understands public service starts with fair elections and open elections,” Wicker said. “He’s a true believer that great public service is born from a strong and fair democracy.”
Found in: Common Cause
Voting Reform Package Improves Access and Brings Election Codes into the Twenty-First Century
Found in: Common Cause Pennsylvania
The Fight Is Not Over, Common Cause Pennsylvania Will Continue to Move Election Reform Forward
Found in: Common Cause Pennsylvania
Colorado Election Reforms Led to Record Turnout, Other States Should Follow Suit
Common Cause and the National Vote At Home Institute recommend that all states, at a minimum, adopt same-day voter registration, offer early voting and eliminate strict photo ID requirements so that voters have sufficient and secure options to cast a ballot on or before Election Day.
Found in: Common Cause
Cape Cod Times: Common Cause leader speaks in Brewster about election reform
In Massachusetts, Common Cause has led campaigns to bring about a host of democratic reforms including online voter registration, automatic voter registration and election security measures to protect against cyber attacks and domestic hacking, the state chapter’s executive director, Pam Wilmot, told a group of 50 Sunday afternoon.
Found in: Common Cause Massachusetts
C-SPAN Washington Journal: Allegra Chapman & Hans von Spakovsky discuss the House Democratic Election Reform Bill
Allegra Chapman of Common Cause and Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation discuss the House Democratic Election Reform Bill with host Steve Scully on C-SPAN's Washington Journal.
Found in: Common Cause
HuffPost: States And Cities Have Already Shown Democrats’ Election Reforms Will Work
“When lawmakers draw their own lines, they lose all of their philosophical ideals and they become ugly monsters that are willing to cut out competitors, punish people from the other party and try to draw the most protective district for themselves so they don’t have to face serious competition for the next 10 years,” said Kathay Feng, national redistricting director at the good government group Common Cause, which championed the creation of California’s commission.