836 Search Results Containing "voting"
2022 Session Wraps Up Without Passage of NM Voting Rights Act
Filibuster, procedural stall tactics used by opponents to kill election protection and voting rights bills.
Found in: Common Cause New Mexico
We Heart Voting: Valentine’s Day at the Capitol
Colorado Common Cause loves our state’s voters, so it makes sense that we spent most of Valentine’s Day at the Capitol working to make voting safer and standing up against bad faith voting bills! On February 14th the House State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee heard six bills related to elections and voting. We were there to support one and oppose three of these bills.
Found in: Colorado Common Cause
TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CALL ON SECRETARY OF STATE TO ADDRESS VOTING ADMINISTRATION FAILURES AHEAD OF 2022 PRIMARIES
Found in: Common Cause Texas
CT News Junkie: Democratic Lawmakers Plan Quick Action on Absentee Ballot Voting
Democratic legislative leaders may expedite a bill in the next several weeks to allow expanded absentee ballot voting in this year’s elections, mirroring temporary policies adopted during the past two years as a result of the COVID pandemic. “Voting is the fundamental right underlying our entire democracy,” majority Democrats said in a joint statement Wednesday. “While other states are restricting voting rights, we will take action to ensure that everyone that was able to vote before COVID will continue to be able to vote this year as COVID persists.”
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
VIDEO LINK & QUOTES from Today’s Media Briefing: The Path Forward for Voting Rights in the States
Today, redistricting experts from Common Cause and Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s briefed the media on the state-level victories in the fight to secure fair maps and protect voting rights.
Found in: Common Cause
CNN: 'It's just a mess': Texas election officials and voting rights advocates face mounting challenges under new restrictive voting law
"Unfortunately, we had a Republican legislature so determined to make it harder to vote that there just was not any thought given to implementation," said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas. "At every level, this is just a mess." Common Cause Texas, like other local groups, has set up a hotline and is calling on voters to educate themselves on the new law. Gutierrez said advocates are also suggesting voters include both ID numbers on their application to ensure they aren't rejected.
Found in: Common Cause
Inside Sources/Tribune News Service (Op-Ed): The Fight for Voting Rights Goes On
The fight for voting rights goes on, even though every Senate Republican, joined by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), tried to shut it down on January 19. They refused to adjust a Senate rule best known for obstructing civil rights legislation. The filibuster rule – requiring 60 votes to advance most legislation if any senator objects – has been modified or waived more than 160 times in recent decades. Just in December, an exception was granted for legislation dealing with the debt ceiling, with the support of Manchin and Sinema and some Republicans. Yet somehow they decided voting rights were not important enough to warrant any adjustments to the rule.
Found in: Common Cause
Mail-in voting lawsuit looms over Pennsylvania elections
Rather than tossing the entire bill, Khalif Ali, executive director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, said legislators should discuss how to improve it.
Found in: Common Cause Pennsylvania
NC Supreme Court strikes down voting maps, cites unconstitutional gerrymandering
The ruling affects both the maps for congressional districts and for the state Senate and House. The court found that the maps were designed to allow Republicans to expand — some cases significantly — their electoral advantage in Washington and Raleigh.
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
State Supreme Court hears arguments over new NC voting districts
“The legislative majority acted to entrench itself, firewalling itself from losing power even if voter preferences dramatically change,” said Allison Riggs, an attorney representing Common Cause NC, one of the plaintiffs in the case.