837 Search Results Containing "voting"
RECAP: NC Supreme Court Rehears Arguments on Harper v. Hall Voting Rights Case
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
Voting rights case in North Carolina Supreme Court: The issues, arguments and potential outcomes
“A year ago, the state Supreme Court made the right call,” Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause NC, said. “What this Supreme Court does is unknown, but if gerrymandering is legalized, history will judge those who make that decision and those pushing for it will pay a political price with we the people of North Carolina.”
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
Statement on Texas Senate’s Passage of Criminalization of Voting Bill
The anti-voter Senate Bill 2 passed the Senate Monday, and now will head to the Texas House of Representatives for consideration.
Found in: Common Cause Texas
Texas Tribune: Texas Senate passes bill to make illegal voting a felony again
Katya Ehresman, voting rights program manager for Common Cause Texas, said everyone knows a voter, a friend or a neighbor who could be affected by the pending legislation. Ehresman said that in some scenarios a person might attempt to vote absentee by mail because they’re 65 or they’re disabled. If they can’t tell whether their ballot was received and are confused about whether their vote was counted, they might try to go vote in person and cast a provisional ballot. “That voter could be liable under SB 2 for a felony penalty” because they were aware they had already cast a ballot by mail, Ehresman said. “Especially if their mail-in ballot was counted that same day. That’s one kind of concern that we potentially see with SB 2.”
Found in: Common Cause
CT Mirror: Public testifies on ranked-choice voting
Teran Loeppke, organizer of Common Cause in Connecticut, talks about the benefits of ranked choice voting.
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Statement on Dangerous Attempt in Texas Legislature to Criminalize Voting
The Texas Senate State Affairs Committee held a hearing Monday on Senate Bill 2, a dangerous attempt to increase the criminal penalties for those who may make inadvertent mistakes when voting.
Found in: Common Cause Texas
Voting Rights Advocates, Concerned Citizens Come to Settlement With Gary Common Council in Redistricting Suit
GARY, IN — Late last week, Gary, Ind. resident Barbara Bolling-Williams — a long-time voting rights advocate — came to a settlement with Gary, Indiana’s Common Council in the lawsuit over the Council’s failure to redistrict. The court ruled that the old maps the Common Council planned to use were malapportioned and, as such, found the current redistricting plan unconstitutional.
Found in: Common Cause Indiana
“Model for bad democracy”: Voting rights wins may be reversed after GOP flips North Carolina court
The North Carolina Supreme Court agreed to rehear two major voting rights cases, including one that previously blocked a restrictive photo ID to vote law and another that involved the constitutionality of political maps drawn by GOP lawmakers last year.
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
Salon: “Model for bad democracy”: Voting rights wins may be reversed after GOP flips North Carolina court
This is the first time in 30 years that the court has decided to rehear two cases, said Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina. "I do think that North Carolina, unfortunately, is often looked upon as a model for bad democracy and can be the playbook for other states," Phillips said. "And we're almost like the laboratory for some of this, that we think is extremely harmful."