836 Search Results Containing "voting"
Common Cause in Connecticut Applauds House for Passing Historic Early Voting Resolution; Calls for Swift Action on Absentee Ballot Voting & Senate Bill 5
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Associated Press: Florida gov signs GOP voting law critics call 'un-American'
A separate federal suit filed in Tallahassee by the NAACP and Common Cause also says the law targets people who are Black, Latino or disabled. “For far too long, Florida’s lawmakers and elected officials have created a vast array of hurdles that have made it more difficult for these and other voters to make their voices heard,” these groups said.
Found in: Common Cause
Reuters: Florida limits absentee voting with new Republican-backed law
"Florida's Republican legislative leaders seem determined to weaken the system that voters have relied on, without significant problems, for the better part of a generation," Sylvia Albert, voting and elections director for good-government watchdog Common Cause, said in a statement on April 28 after Florida's House passed the bill.
Found in: Common Cause
LDF Files Lawsuit Against the State of Florida Over Suppressive Voting Law
“Every voter in America has the right to have their voice heard, by casting and having their ballot counted — that’s how our government ‘by the people’ is supposed to work. Florida voters should have the freedom to cast their ballots in the same ways they have voted in past election cycles.”
Found in: Common Cause Florida
60+ Organizations Support Legislation to Protect Voting Rights of Eligible Incarcerated Voters
An Act to Protect the Voting Rights of Eligible Incarcerated People filed by Rep. Chynah Tyler, Rep. Liz Miranda, and Sen. Adam Hinds is lauded as the comprehensive solution to jail-based disenfranchisement.
Found in: Common Cause Massachusetts
NBC CT: Activists Push for Voting Changes in Connecticut
Legislators, faith leaders and activists gathered outside Hamden Town Hall to demand the passage of two pieces of voting rights legislation.
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
WTNH: Woodbridge holds municipal elections as voters, activists push to expand voting rights in CT
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Lawmakers have the tools to safeguard voting rights and fair elections; all they need is the will
"We must not turn back the clock on voting rights," writes Bob Phillips of Common Cause NC. "Instead, let’s move forward, ensuring that every voter is able to fully participate in our elections. And when more people participate, our democracy wins."
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
The Guardian: The next major US voting rights fight is here – and Republicans are ahead
Kathay Feng, the national redistricting and representation director at Common Cause, a government watchdog group, warned that voting advocates would be closely monitoring for that kind of discrimination. Much of the America’s population growth over the last decade has come from non-white people. “Our top priority is ensuring that states that are adding congressional seats recognize the population growth fueled by communities of color in the upcoming redistricting process,” Feng said in a statement.
Found in: Common Cause
CT Viewpoints: Connecticut needs House Joint Resolution 58 — universal absentee voting
"The legislature needs to act quickly to pass House Joint Resolution 58 which will begin the process of amending the state constitution. Doing so will allow voters to vote more conveniently, as was the case when more than 650,000 Connecticut residents voted by absentee ballot in the November 2020 election."