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Gerrymandering Isn’t the Only Ailment Plaguing Democracy in Wisconsin
A variety of laws are tamping down voter participation in the Badger State
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Justices Punt on Gerrymandering Cases
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The Rule of Law
Zane Memeger, Esq., who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania during the Obama Administration, offered the following remarks at a reception on June 12 at which he received the Bob Edgar Public Service Achievement Award from Common Cause Pennsylvania.
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Common Cause, Allies, Rally to Protest Sinclair Merger
The proposed deal with Tribune Media would create a media behemoth
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Ranked-Choice Voting: Majority Rules in Maine’s New Voting System
Maine voters gave a vote of confidence on Tuesday to a vote-counting system that guarantees elected officials will have majority - not just plurality - support
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Senators Probe Election Security Preparedness
Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing sought to answer the question: “How well are we prepared if foreign agents attempt to interfere in our upcoming elections?” Judging by the expert testimony, the answer is “not very.”
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Disclosure Advances in Montana
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Judge Clears AT&T, Time Warner Mega Deal
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Private Profit, Public Expense
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Who Can Sue the President?
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Net Neutrality Is Now History, But We Can Reclaim It
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Supreme Court Upholds Ohio Law Facilitating Voter Purges
The state's statute assumes that people who don't vote, whatever their reason, have moved and purges them from the voter rolls; in upholding it, the high court "ignores the history of voter suppression" connected with such purges across the country, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a scathing dissent.