836 Search Results Containing "voting"
Voting Rights Groups Urge Florida Gov. DeSantis to Veto Latest Anti-Voter Legislation
Common Cause Florida and other voting rights groups today urged Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto Senate Bill 524, which would have widespread consequences on elections in the state.
Found in: Common Cause Florida
Salon: “Throwback to Jim Crow”: New Texas voting law means Black voters' ballots get tossed
"Texas was already the hardest state to vote in before Republicans passed these laws that made it even harder," said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas, in a statement to Salon. "What we're seeing today is a small preview of what we can expect to see at a far wider scale in November unless the federal government finally takes real action to intervene." Gutierrez said the Texas secretary of state's office was repeatedly told about the potential for these problems when the voting-restriction bill was going through committee. He suggested that state officials had "ample opportunity" to address these issues but "instead chose to focus on playing politics [as] implementation was left to local officials who received little to no guidance or communication from our state's chief election officer." He predicted "far bigger problems in November when we have exponentially more people showing up to the polls."
Found in: Common Cause
Delaware Senate to vote today on bipartisan bill that eliminates barriers to voting
In an era of hyperpartisanship, Delaware legislators are working across the aisle to fix a system that requires most voters to register twice, to be able to vote in municipal elections. The Senate is scheduled to debate and vote on the bill, Senate Bill 233, during its meeting that starts at 2pm today.
Found in: Common Cause Delaware
In era of hyper-partisanship, Delaware considers bipartisan bill that eliminates barriers to voting
This week the Delaware General Assembly began considering a bipartisan bill that would eliminate the double registration requirement for municipal elections.
Found in: Common Cause Delaware
In ‘Momentous’ Ruling, Supreme Court Rejects GOP Voting Maps
“The Supreme Court upheld the rule of law, including decades of settled precedent and practice governing the role of state supreme courts in the redistricting and elections processes. We will continue to monitor this litigation because all Pennsylvanians deserve voting maps where their voices can be heard.”
Found in: Common Cause Pennsylvania
HuffPost: Republicans Ask Supreme Court To Back A Radical Theory On Voting Rights
“If we can say only legislatures are able to make laws regarding the time, place, manner of elections, and courts don’t have any ability to change or constrain those laws, we’re really looking at a significant change in the balance of power between the three branches of state governments, as well as the level of intervention from federal courts in state lawmaking,” said Suzanne Almeida, redistricting counsel for Common Cause, a nonpartisan nonprofit involved in both the North Carolina and Pennsylvania cases.
Found in: Common Cause
Continue Absentee Voting in 2022 due to COVID19 - March 4th, 2022, 10AM Public Hearing Call to Action
You will make a big impact by giving your written or virtual testimony to this coming Friday’s (March 4th, 2022) virtual legislative public hearing on ensuring all eligible Connecticut voters are still able to vote by absentee ballot this year.
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
PA Supreme Court Rules that Act 77 will remain in effect as it considers challenge to mail voting law
Common Cause Pennsylvania welcomes the news that Act 77 remains in effect during the Supreme Court proceedings. Almost 40% of Pennsylvanians who voted in the 2020 General Election used a mail ballot to cast their vote.
Found in: Common Cause Pennsylvania
VICTORY: Federal Judge Orders Baltimore County to Submit Redistricting Plan that Complies with Voting Rights Act
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD – In the federal court challenge to an illegal redistricting plan, brought by Black voters in Baltimore County and several civil rights organizations, Federal Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby granted a preliminary injunction blocking implementation of the County’s plan and ordering them to submit a new plan that complies with the Voting Rights Act by March 8.
Found in: Common Cause Maryland
Daily Beast: The One State That Could Actually Expand Voting Rights
“We do have a right to vote that’s constitutionally guaranteed, but the state constitution prevents early voting and no-excuse absentee voting, reducing the ability of a lot of eligible voters to vote,” said Cheri Quickmire, executive director of the Connecticut chapter of Common Cause, a nonprofit watchdog group that works to promote equal access to government and the vote. “This is really an opportunity for the state to extend that opportunity for more people to actually be able to vote—it is really about securing our democracy.”