836 Search Results Containing "voting"
Charlotte early voting block party helps residents get ready for primary election
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
Daily Beast: These States Are About to Put New Voting Laws to the Test
“It takes us in the wrong direction. It’s another way to confuse voters to put additional obstacles in their way,” Common Cause Indiana executive director Julia Vaughn told The Daily Beast.
Found in: Common Cause
Early Voting in Georgia Primary Starts Monday
Voter Assistance is Available - “In our government ‘by the people’ we owe it to each other to make sure we all vote.”
Found in: Common Cause Georgia
NC election officials combat misinformation ahead of early voting
With in-person early voting starting this week for the primary, local election officials on Monday said they’re concerned about how easily disinformation is spreading as they work to ensure the results will be accurate.
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
Civil Rights groups, leaders call for passage of bill that protects against voting discrimination
HARTFORD, Conn — With about two weeks left in the general session, voter advocate organizations and leaders gathered outside the state Capitol on Thursday to urge lawmakers to pass a voter's rights act in Connecticut. "This bill gives Connecticut the strongest protection against voting discrimination of any state law ever," explained Steven Lance, Policy Counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Advocates explained that SB 471 could be a huge step forward, especially for communities of color.
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Civil Rights Coalition and Connecticut Legislators Join Together in Calling for Passage of Voting Rights Bill S.B. 471
“It will be nine long years in June since the Supreme Court gutted key provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act. In the absence of Senate action to fix the law, it’s time for the states to act instead."
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV)
Now is the time to enact a Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) bill to create a task force to study the implementation of RCV for state, federal and municipal elections in Connecticut.
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Citizens Redistricting Commission Releases Draft Map; Urges Rules Committee to Provide Additional Opportunities for Public Comment Before Voting on New Districts
Today, Common Cause Indiana released a draft map of new Indianapolis Marion County City County Council districts drawn by its multi-partisan Indianapolis Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) and urged the Council to provide additional opportunity for public comment before finalizing the new map. The ICRC consists of nine Indianapolis voters: three Republicans, three Democrats and three individuals who are neither Republican nor Democrat. Last week, the ICRC spent Tuesday and Wednesday evening online with a mapping expert working to develop a draft map. It was sent to members of the City Council’s Rules and Public Policy Committee today with the request that it be considered along with the redistricting proposal developed by an outside law firm at the behest of the Council majority.
Found in: Common Cause Indiana
Secretary of the State candidates discuss, early voting, ranked-choice
"All the candidates supported the Voting Rights Act bill that moved out of committee this week. The bill aims to remove barriers to voting that impact people of color and other social-equity impediments. 'Voter suppression is not just a problem in Georgia, Alabama and Texas,' said Lesser, who wrote the bill. 'Some municipalities have problems, they run out of ballots, there are inadequate instructions on voter requirements, and redistricting. This bill will change a lot and provide a real opportunity.'"
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Florida Voters Win Case Challenging Suppressive Voting Law as Judge Rules S.B. 90 Violates Voting Rights Act and U.S. Constitution
As the court found today, for the past 20 years, ‘Florida has repeatedly sought to make voting tougher for Black voters’ as the Legislature worked to pick and choose the voters they want to participate in our government