839 Search Results Containing "voting"
Texas Tribune: Eliminating countywide voting in Texas would make the process harder on voters, cost more money, election leaders say
“It is stunning to me that this bill has moved forward,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas. “Countywide voting is the solution to so many problems.” “If we end countywide voting, we are just ramping up more and more confusion for Texans,” Gutierrez said. He pointed to a study by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs, which found that confusion over voter ID laws kept some people from voting in Harris County.
Found in: Common Cause
Filing: SCOTUS Should Rule in Major Voting Rights Case, Moore v. Harper
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
Filing: SCOTUS Should Rule in Major Voting Rights Case, Moore v. Harper
Recent NC Supreme Court Actions Do Not Change Jurisdiction
Found in: Common Cause
Voting Rights Advocates Prevail in Pennsylvania Voter Purge Lawsuit
Common Cause PA and League of Women Voters PA intervened to stop Judicial Watch purge in 2020
Found in: Common Cause Pennsylvania
Strength in Numbers: Nonpartisan voting rights groups organizations confront mounting challenges
“Over the decades, we’ve worked to protect the freedom to vote for all North Carolinians, counter the corrosive influence of money in politics and demand transparency at every level of government,” Phillips says.
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
Delaware House to Hear Controversial Corporate Voting Rights Bill
Common Cause Delaware strongly opposes bill to allow “artificial entities” to vote in municipal elections
Found in: Common Cause Delaware
New York Times: Texas Republicans Push New Voting Restrictions Aimed at Houston
“It’s definitely one of the most damaging,” said Katya Ehresman, the voting rights program manager at the advocacy group Common Cause Texas, because by limiting voters’ options it could decrease turnout. The bill, like others that have made it through the Senate, must still pass the more moderate, Republican-controlled State House.
Found in: Common Cause
Voting Reform Advocates Host Briefing on Voting ACCESS Act
The Massachusetts Election Modernization Coalition hosted lawmakers for a briefing on the Voting ACCESS Act.
Found in: Common Cause Massachusetts
“This is a victory:” Common Cause in CT Celebrates Passage of Early Voting
H.B. 5004 will require towns to open at least one polling location for the 14 days leading up to the next election.
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Supporters, opponents spar over Del. bill to reduce voting age for school board elections
"It really is a bold new idea and it would be great for the First State to be the first state to enact it."