836 Search Results Containing "voting"
Fri., March 26, 2021 - Legislative Hearing on a State Voting Rights Act for Connecticut, Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) and Restoring Voting Rights to Those on Parole
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
CNN: Putting 'cologne on Jim Crow': Georgia GOP lawmakers drive toward new voting restrictions
Aunna Dennis, executive director of Common Cause Georgia, said ID requirements for obtaining absentee ballots, would harm older voters, those who are low-income, and college students because they are all less likely to have driver's licenses or other forms of required identification, such as passports or a state or federal photo identification card. Georgia Republicans "are saying that voting should be for the 1% and ... for the privileged," Dennis told CNN.
Found in: Common Cause
Gray Television (VIDEO): Exploring the dueling partisan efforts on voting reform
However, critics like Stephen Spaulding with the watchdog group Common Cause, call it voter suppression. “In the wake of that record turn-out, we are seeing a backlash in some states that are looking to really curtail that access to the ballot box,” said Spaulding. In Washington, there’s a dueling effort by Congressional Democrats intended to expand voter access. The “For the People Act”, or H.R.1, is a sweeping reform bill that could put an end to those state voting restrictions. “It sets a national uniform standard,” said Spaulding. “So, no matter what zip code you live in, you will have access to those basic standards like two weeks of early voting, vote by mail if you want to do it, and automatic voter registration.”
Found in: Common Cause
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia voting limits bill may preserve Sunday and no-excuse absentee
Aunna Dennis, executive director of Common Cause Georgia, said out-of-precinct voters would be disenfranchised if their provisional ballots are discarded. Under current law, federal and state races for voters who show up in the wrong county precinct are counted, but they can’t vote for local contests they’re not eligible to participate in. “This bill cuts at every part of the voting process in Georgia and is making it very difficult for the most vulnerable populations in Georgia to be able to cast a ballot,” Dennis said.
Found in: Common Cause
Common Cause Georgia Opposes Newest “Omnibus” Voting Bill
Common Cause Georgia opposes the bill because it “burdens access to the ballot for valid Georgia voters, disproportionately voters of color and low income voters, and it strips local election authorities of tools they need to effectively administer elections,” according to Common Cause Georgia Executive Director Aunna Dennis.
Found in: Common Cause Georgia
The Guardian: Texas Republicans pushing slate of bills to make voting even harder in state
“These exact kinds of lies about voting led to people dying in the insurrection at the Capitol. This goes way beyond politicians playing legislative chess to retain power,” Anthony Gutierrez, the executive director of the Texas chapter of Common Cause, a watchdog group, wrote in an email.
Found in: Common Cause
Building Democracy 2.0: The Promise of Proportional Voting
This is part 10 in a multi-part series examining ways to build an inclusive democracy for the 21st century.
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
NBC Peacock - The Mehdi Hasan Show (VIDEO): The Fight Over the Massive Bill to Reform Voting Rights
Voter suppression efforts are escalating in 43 states, as are Republican efforts to block passage of H.R. 1, the massive voting rights bill just passed by House Dems. The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes and Stephen Spaulding of Common Cause help Mehdi understand what's in the bill and what's at stake.
Found in: Common Cause
Blavity: Activists Slam Georgia Republicans' Bill To Restrict Voting As 'Jim Crow With A Suit And Tie'
Common Cause Georgia released a statement calling the bill “Jim Crow with a suit and tie." "Georgia’s voters deserve better than to be shut out of legislators’ discussions – particularly when those discussions involve new barriers to voting," the statement read. "Voting is the foundation of American democracy. By aiming at our ability to cast ballots, Georgia’s legislators are striking at the very core of our government. These legislators may be acting on behalf of their party interests or their political donors. They are certainly not acting on behalf of the people of Georgia."
Found in: Common Cause
New York Times: For Voting Rights Advocates, a ‘Once in a Generation Moment’ Looms
And so have national advocacy groups. Common Cause runs weeknight phone banks recruiting backers for the bill, and says it has generated 700,000 text messages supporting it. “It’s been a pretty incredible outpouring of support, because we all know what this moment means,” said Izzy Bronstein, the group’s national campaigns manager.