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Spending Bill Should Boost Election Security
Congress appears poised today to give state election officials a sorely-needed infusion of cash to fortify their voting and registration systems against cyberattacks.
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WATCH: Hill Briefing On Partisan Gerrymandering
U.S. Reps. Rod Blum, R-IA, and Alan Lowenthal, D-CA, joined Atlanta attorney Emmet Bondurant and Common Cause’s Marilyn Carpinteyro on Tuesday to brief reporters on the importance of independent redistricting and the current wave of legal challenges to partisan gerrymandering.
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Texas AG Looks To Block Student Voting
Texans take pride in doing things big, and apparently in the case of Attorney General Ken Paxton, doing things wrong.
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Senate Panel Pushes Election Security Measures
The Senate Intelligence Committee convened a rare public hearing this morning to highlight the Russian threat to this year’s midterm elections and a set of security measures the committee set out in writing on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Signs Off on New Pennsylvania Districts
Pennsylvanians will vote this spring and in November in congressional districts that have been re-fashioned to wipe out a bias for Republican candidates, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday.
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Washington State Expands Access to the Ballot Box
In the “other” Washington, the one that brought us Starbucks and Amazon, there’s good news today for our democracy.
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Interview Explores Gerrymandering in Pennsylvania
Common Cause Pennsylvania Executive Director Micah Sims was a guest on WDVM's "Sunday Newsmaker" program for a discussion of gerrymandering in the Keystone State.
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Some Republicans Uneasy About Trump’s Attacks on Mueller
As President Trump intensified attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller, some congressional Republicans joined Democrats in warning the chief executive to think twice before acting
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Is Russia Using the NRA to Pump Cash Into US Politics?
The Federal Election Commission has launched an investigation of charges that the National Rifle Association Accepted Donations from Russians and funneled the money into the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.
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Friday Grabbag
Fox News' Host Tucker Carlson says teenagers aren't citizens.
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‘Our Children Are Showing Us…’
As thousands olf students spoke out about the epidemic of gun violence, Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn hailed the example they're setting for the entire country.
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DC Mayor Signs Ordinance Empowering Small Dollar Campaign Donors
There’s some good news for democracy this morning from a place where we haven’t seen much of it lately: Washington, D.C.
