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5 Ways Common Cause Defended Democracy in the First Trump Administration
Here’s just a few examples of how members like you made a positive impact during the first Trump Administration.
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Florida Congressman Naghahanap na Isara ang Mueller Probe
Nais ni US Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-FL, na putulin ng Kongreso ang pagpopondo para sa imbestigasyon ni Special Counsel Robert Mueller sa posibleng pagkakasangkot ng kampanyang Trump sa pakikialam ng Russia sa halalan noong 2016.
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‘Our Boy Can Become President’
President Trump has made a point of declaring that he and his companies have no business in Russia, but news stories today indicate that it's not for lack of effort.
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Automatic Registration Comes to Illinois
There’s good news today from Illinois, where Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a bill to provide automatic voter registration (AVR) to qualified residents when they do business with state agencies.
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Suit Revives Concerns About Georgia Election Systems
A lawsuit against the Georgia Election Board is reviving concerns about vulnerabilities in the state’s voting systems and could lead to a third round of voting in the state’s hotly-contested 6th Congressional District.
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Lots of People, Not Enough Money to Count Them
Two former directors of the Census Bureau, with experience serving Democratic and Republican presidents, are sounding an important warning today about the Trump administration’s preparations to count the nation’s population in 2020.
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‘He Is Just Always Focused On Russia’
President Trump is working the phones to undercut Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.
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Bullheaded Longhorns
A federal judge ripped Texas lawmakers and by extension the Trump administration on Wednesday for continued efforts to stop millions of Texans from voting.
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Kobach’s Kansas Office Disqualified Alarming Number of Voters
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, co-chairman of President Trump’s “election integrity” commission and arguably the nation’s most aggressive advocate of restricting voting rights, oversaw the disqualification of an alarming number of ballots last year in his home state, reports the Associated Press.
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Report Finds States, Localities, Slow to Address Threat of Cyberattacks
A report today from NBC News provides a troubling reminder of how much work state and local election officials have to do to protect voting and voter registration systems against the kind of cyberespionage that marked the 2016 election.
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Texas-sized Mistake
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has decided to carry the state’s fight for racial gerrymandering to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Courts Weighing Challenges to Sensible Control of Political Money
A pair of lawsuits making their way through the courts in Alaska and New York State have important implications for efforts to rein in the power of big money in American politics.
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Isa pang Pinalampas na Pagkakataon
Ang mga mambabatas sa North Carolina ay nagkaroon ng ginintuang pagkakataon sa buwang ito na magpatibay ng patas, hindi partisan na mga pamantayan para sa pagguhit ng mga bagong pambatasang distrito ng pagboto. Sa halip, pinili nila ang pulitika gaya ng dati, na pinapanatili ang pagiging partisan sa ubod ng isang malalim na depektong proseso ng muling pagdidistrito.
