839 Search Results Containing "voting"
Black North Carolinians, voting rights groups file lawsuit against racially discriminatory NC electoral maps
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
Georgia Public Broadcasting: Voting rights decision may curb push to diversify Georgia, Alabama utility commissions
Aunna Dennis, executive director of Common Cause Georgia, said even if marginalized groups of people don’t exactly know what the Public Service Commission is or does, they do see the impact on their bills and on their health. “They may not directly know the jargon, but they do know what’s impacting them,” she said.
Found in: Common Cause
House Approves Paid Time Off For Election Day Voting
Executive director Geoff Foster on the House's passage of a bill to allow employees to take paid time off on election day to cast their ballots in person.
Found in: Common Cause Massachusetts
ICYMI: Buffalo News Editorializes In Favor of Common Cause/NY Lawsuit to Prevent ExpressVote XL Voting Machine
Found in: Common Cause New York
Daily Beast: ‘Absurd’: As 2024 Looms, Counties Won’t Update Voting Tech
Emma Steiner, Information Accountability Project manager at the watchdog group Common Cause, said the Albert plays a role in a broader far-right conspiracy theory about “the role of connection to the internet at polling places.” “It’s all part of this broader narrative that election workers are conspiring against voters, and that voting machines cannot be trusted,” Steiner noted. In actuality, the sensors are passive devices that listen for known intrusions on a county’s internet network, said Susannah Goodman, director of election security at Common Cause. “Elections weren’t declared critical infrastructure until 2017. To us, Albert sensors were a step in the right direction. They won’t stop an attack from happening, but they’ll tell you that bad actors are circling,” Goodman said, likening the sensor to an alarm system. “I thought it was too passive when I first heard about it.” While watchdogs like Goodman describe the Albert as a useful tool for monitoring and sharing threats, conspiracy theories caught the ear of Republicans in Ferry County, where the GOP chair authored a memo casting suspicion on the devices, the CIS, and a CIS co-founder’s work for Democratic presidential administrations.
Found in: Common Cause
KUNM (NPR): Advocates for drawing fairer voting maps will try again to take the job away from NM lawmakers
Dede Feldman, former Democratic state Senator and advocate with Common Cause New Mexico, said on New Mexico in Focus that the current process is inherently partisan. “The Legislature is always going to fall into the trap of having the majority party draw the map that they like to maximize their influence,” she said.
Found in: Common Cause
New Georgia Voting Maps Fail to Represent Black Voices
“The new maps—drawn unfairly and without transparency failed to fairly represent Black voters, as ordered by the court,” said Aunna Dennis, Executive Director of Common Cause Georgia
Found in: Common Cause Georgia
Voting rights groups find new photo ID law caused trouble for voters and county officials
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
National Voting in Prison Coalition Praises the Landmark Introduction of Inclusive Democracy Act of 2023
In a landmark move to expand voting rights and bolster democratic participation, Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Senator Peter Welch (VT) today introduced the Inclusive Democracy Act of 2023. This groundbreaking legislation seeks to eliminate the discriminatory practice of felony disenfranchisement for federal elections, ensuring that all Americans, regardless of a criminal conviction, have the fundamental right to vote.
Found in: Common Cause
Florida Court Shirks Responsibility to Halt Unfair Voting Map
“This decision blatantly ignores the will of Florida voters who—more than a decade ago—demanded Fair Districts that protect representation for communities of color."