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Fair Districts Ohio: How Ohio Voters Forced Politicians Toward Fairness
Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, and documentarian shares his "director's cut" video and discusses how voters in Ohio organized, built #FairDistrictsOhio, and won. Americans understand our democracy is vulnerable and being attacked by enemies foreign and domestic. But voters aren't in any mood to complain about problems these days, we're looking for practical solutions that work, like the story of how Fair Districts Ohio won a big battle in The Politicians v. The People.
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Russian Oligarchs’ Unusual Access to Trump Inauguration
ABC News reports Russians close to Putin had unusual access to the Trump Inauguration.
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Voters Shake the Establishment – Again!
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat a 19-year incumbent in the biggest political upset of 2018.
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When Newspapers Close and Coverage Declines, Democracy Suffers Too
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SCOTUS Punts on Partisan Gerrymandering in NC, Upholds Racially-Tainted TX Districts
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‘Crosscheck’ System Shuttered After Wrongly Tagging Legal Voters
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's voter database has generated thousands of "false positive" duplicate registrations. Some states want to use to system to remove voters from their registration rolls.
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States Press Congress for More Election Security Aid
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Common Cause, Allies Press Pruitt for Legal Fund Details
The embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator is the subject of at least 10 ethics investigations by an assortment of federal agencies.
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Maine’s ‘Clean Elections’ Program in Jeopardy
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Poor People’s Campaign Rallying Saturday in DC
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Common Cause National Redistricting Manager Discusses SCOTUS Decisions on Rick Smith Show
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Judge Sends Kris Kobach Back to School
In an unusual rebuke to Kansas' secretary of state, a federal judge also strikes down the state's attempt to require prospective voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship when they register.