839 Search Results Containing "voting"
Ranked Choice Voting passed in New York!
Ranked Choice Voting is coming to NYC elections in 2021!
Found in: Common Cause
New York Times: Election Day 2019: Voting Today in Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi
Erroneous voting instructions and other disinformation began popping up on a handful of Twitter accounts on Monday, including one post encouraging Kentucky supporters of Mr. Bevin to vote on Wednesday. That and other posts were removed and some accounts were closed after being reported, according to David Vance, a spokesman for Common Cause, a member of the Election Protection alliance. None appeared to have spread widely.
Found in: Common Cause
Governor Wolf Signs Historic Voting Reform Package
Common Cause Pennsylvania applauds Governor Wolf and the General Assembly on the passage of SB421, a voting and election reform package that will improve the way Pennsylvanians participate in their democracy.
Found in: Common Cause Pennsylvania
New York’s Early Voting Change Expected to Boost Turnout
State lawmakers enacted early voting in their last legislative session, delivering a victory to open-government advocates such as Common Cause Executive Director Susan Lerner, who have long pushed for the change... The new system will help election officials work out bugs and help people with rigid schedules, Ms. Lerner said. “It takes the stress off Election Day,” she added.
Found in: Common Cause New York
Voting Reform Package Improves Access and Brings Election Codes into the Twenty-First Century
Found in: Common Cause Pennsylvania
New York Times: ‘The State Kind of Dumped This On Us:’ Early Voting Stirs Anxiety in N.Y.
Technological advances aside, early voter turnout will depend on whether people know that the option now exists in New York. Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, which has been leading efforts to raise awareness, said that educating a public long accustomed to “16 hours, on the first Tuesday in November” had been a challenge. “Some people are very aware of it,” she said. For others, Ms. Lerner added, “this is absolutely news to them.”
Found in: Common Cause
Whitewashing Representation: How Using Citizenship Data to Gerrymander Will Undermine Our Democracy
Using citizen voting age data to draw districts will exclude millions of young people and people of color, violates the Constitution and undermines the principles of equal representation that our country strives towards. Understanding the intricacFound in: Common Cause
Outdated Voting Machines Must be Replaced & Paper Ballots Required to Safeguard Mississippi Elections
All Mississippi voters have a right to have their voices heard and their votes counted. But as Tuesday’s election showed us, our voting systems in Mississippi are in desperate need of updating to ensure our elections are free and fair.