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Government Accountability Groups: Independent House Ethics Office Must be Strengthened and Made Permanent
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Patriot-News/PennLive (OP-ED): Some lawmakers are trying to sneak through legislation to advance their hardline agenda
Lawmakers are still using sleight-of-hand tricks to force their hardliner agenda on Pennsylvanians because they can’t pass it through regular legislation.
As they have for so many years, these lawmakers have ignored the voice of the people and are trying to circumvent the legislative process by forcing through constitutional...
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CBS News: George Santos’ backers include a migrant smuggler, a big Trump donor and the cousin of a sanctioned Russian oligarch
According to Lerner, the personal financial disclosures made by candidates are critical for voters to have at their disposal prior to casting their vote. She says "porous" campaign finance laws and lack of enforcement from the FEC have allowed this particular situation to devolve.
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Common Cause Files Amicus Brief Calling for Justice in Case of Wrongful Conviction, Imprisonment
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NPR: Despite mail voting changes, ballot rejections remain relatively low in 2022 midterms
"What we also saw in 2020 was the demonization of vote by mail," Albert says. "This really affected state legislatures during the 2021 sessions. So, even though we saw a lot of states expand access, we saw other states restrict access."
She says that includes laws that set new...
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VoteBeat/Texas Tribune: Ken Paxton wants more power to prosecute election crimes. These bills in the Texas Legislature would give it to him.
“The potential for prosecution if you mess something up, that Ken Paxton just decides is not a mistake but a violation of the law, is going to dissuade voters and also the people who are qualified to do those [election administration] jobs from wanting to do those jobs,” he said.
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Public News Service: MN Part of Push to Expand Access to Voting
"For us, it's not just about the title of the bill, it's not just about the concept of the bill," Belladonna-Carrera explained. "It's about those nooks and crannies that really speak to meaningful maximization of transparency, accountability, rights."
Belladonna-Carrera acknowledged moving too quickly can lead to unintended...
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CT Insider: Proposal would allow term limits for CT governor, add voter initiatives
"These are not things that ever come out of committees here," Quickmire said. "Consider the time it takes to make anything happen that involves the Constitution. People have the ability to elect their direct representatives and make their point in that way. We at Common Cause are very interested in having as many people as possible participate in our...
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Roll Call: Democrats ask ethics panel to probe Santos’ financial disclosures
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Washington Post: House Republicans pass ethics changes that Democrats say would hamper probes
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Common Cause Condemns Congress’ Decision to Weaken Nonpartisan Ethics Office
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Yahoo News: ‘A state by state fight’: Legal battles over redistricting maps continue into the new year
According to voting rights advocates, a wave of racial gerrymandering is impacting maps across the country. The 2020 U.S Census Bureau reported that the overall racial diversity of the United States increased since...