836 Search Results Containing "voting"
Associated Press: Florida is a model for voting. The GOP wants change anyway.
“We cannot comprehend where they’re coming from,” said Anjenys Gonzalez-Eilert of Florida Common Cause, noting the GOP has long been a supporter and beneficiary of mail voting in the state.
Found in: Common Cause
MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell (VIDEO): GOP State Lawmakers Introduce 165 Restrictive Voting Bills
MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart and Mother Jones reporter Ari Berman discuss new proposed voter suppression legislation in Georgia and Common Cause Georgia executive director Aunna Dennis' criticism of the bill as "Jim Crow with a suit and tie."
Found in: Common Cause
Reuters: Voting rights advocates decry 'devastating' Georgia measure limiting ballot access
More than 150 bills proposing new voting restrictions have been introduced in state legislatures since the November election, according to Sylvia Albert, voting and elections director for good-government watchdog Common Cause. “What we saw in this election was record turnout, and Republican legislators have responded by saying, ‘We didn’t actually want you to come vote,’” Albert said. Albert said her group is particularly concerned about new restrictions in states where Republicans control the governorship and both houses of the legislature, such as Georgia, giving Democrats less chance to block them.
Found in: Common Cause
Sample Testimony on Early Voting and No Excuse Absentee Voting
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Looney, Duff (opinion): Voting rights must be expanded, not restricted
"The 2020 election season was a triumph for democracy in Connecticut, due in part to the temporary enactment of no-excuse absentee ballot voting, because we knew it would be reckless and irresponsible to ask Connecticut residents to potentially expose themselves to COVID-19 in order to vote. What’s more, the rejection rate of absentee ballots was the lowest in recent history, just 0.94 percent..."
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Feb. 22nd, 2021, 10:30AM- Legislative Hearing on Early Voting and No Excuse Absentee Voting
Please submit written testimony to gaetestimony@cga.ct.gov and/or zoom in to speak at the virtual public hearing in the legislative Government Administration and Elections (GAE) Committee. Public testimony will be heard on Early Voting (HJ 59) and No Excuse Absentee Voting (HJ 58.)
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Special House Committee Holding Hearing on “Omnibus” Voting Legislation the Public Has Never Seen
The Georgia Legislature’s practice of leaving the public out of “the people’s business” reached a new low today. At 3pm, the House Special Committee on Election Integrity started a hearing on HB 531, a 48-page “omnibus” bill on elections filed by Republican lawmakers – which was filed only two hours ago.
Found in: Common Cause Georgia
Restoration of Voting Rights to Community Residents on Parole
Disenfranchising people on parole sustains a racist system of inequality
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Senate Subcommittees Consider Anti-Voting Bills ‘in the dark’
Today, two special subcommittees of the Georgia Senate Committee on Ethics acted on legislation that would add new barriers to voting. The subcommittee meetings were held with little public notice, at 7:00 in the morning, and without video streaming.