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Making the case against voter ID
Andrew Kloster, a legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, and Miles Rapoport, president of Common Cause, debate whether voters should be required to show a form of government-issued identification.
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Voter Suppression Mars Hispanic Heritage Month
As Hispanic Heritage Month winds down, millions of Hispanic and Latino Americans face obstacles to exercising their voting rights.
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DISAPPOINTMENT: High court ruling bans same day registration and out of precinct voting
The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a federal court ruling which would have allowed same day voter registration and out of precinct provisional voting in North Carolina for the November elections.
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The Koch Brothers Are Trying to Rig Our Elections
Evidence links billionaire brothers to multi-state efforts to depress voter turnout
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Voter Suppression: Politics As Usual
What’s a politician to do when too many eligible voters – voters who could lean against him – register on the rolls? If you’re Georgia Secretary of State Kemp, keep ‘em off.
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4 takeaways about voter ID from Texas’s ruling
Voting rights advocates are celebrating a Texas district court's decision to strike down the state's controversial strict photo ID law. We looked through the ruling, and there's plenty to celebrate.
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Common Cause New York Comments on Redistricting Report
Following the release of a report on redistricting by supporters of Issue 1, Common Cause New York commented on the problems with a proposal that would enshrine in the New York State Constitution a redistricting commission that is largely controlled by the legislature.
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Common Cause Praises Virginia District Court Finding that Legislature Manipulated Election Districts
Federal court overturns Virginia congressional districts.
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Arizona Republic Backs Independent Redistricting Commission in Editorial
AZ Republic editorial
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Interview with Timothy Kuhner Part 3: A Path Forward
Dr. Timothy Kuhner stopped by the Common Cause office to speak with us about his new book, Capitalism vs. Democracy. In this part, we talk about how we win the fight to take our democracy back from big money.
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Interview with Timothy Kuhner Part 2: “The Last Lawful Means of Political Exclusion”
Dr. Timothy Kuhner stopped by the Common Cause office to speak with us about his new book, Capitalism vs. Democracy. In this part, we discuss our nation's history as a forward march of political inclusion -- and how wealth is still used to shut people out.
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Interview with Timothy Kuhner Part 1: Free Market Democracy
Dr. Timothy Kuhner stopped by the Common Cause office to speak with us about his new book, Capitalism vs. Democracy. In this part, we discuss how the Supreme Court has reshaped our political system to work like a free market -- and what that means for our democracy.
