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    BREAKING NEWS: Los Angeles City Council voted to pass a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment ending corporate personhood. Our staff have never seen a city hall meeting so packed with supporters! Los Angeles is the first major city to do this - can't wait for this movement to spread!
    
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- - After the dust settles from the upcoming election, come join us for lunch on Saturday, November 6th for a lively discussion of what it all means to you.
    
    Helping you understand the election results and its impact on policies you care about are three well-known legislative observers:
    
    1. Laura Leslie, WUNC legislative reporter
    2. Chris Fitzsimon, author of the daily Fitzsimon File and executive director of NC Policy Watch
    3. Dean Debnam, executive director of Public Policy Polling
    
    Get their take on the elections—and ask them how the new North Carolina Legislature affects your interests. Also, we will have special luncheon guest speaker, Ken Lewis—a former statewide U.S. Senate candidate.
    
    Please join us at the NC State Faculty Club (4200 Hillsborough Street) in Raleigh at 11:00am on November 6. RSVP today at http://www.commoncause.org/NC/Election2010WrapUp.
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Aloha and Welcome to Common Cause Hawaii's website
We are hiring! Visit the Common Cause Jobs page for more info.

Year in Review 2011

Happy New Year!

Mahalo to everyone for your support and participation in 2011! We organized Rotunda Roundups, mobilized citizens, celebrated our 40th Anniversary, monitored the redistricting process, spoke out for ethics and transparency, and worked to hold government accountable.

Check out our favorite highlights of 2011 in our Year In Review.

2012 is going to be a critical year for democracy, and we'll need your help more than ever before. Please support our work with a donation to Common Cause Hawaii!

Join Us

Get involved with CCHI

Common Cause, one of the most active, effective and respected nonprofit organizations working for political change in America, is working to rebuild and grow our Hawaii chapter. We are a nonpartisan citizens' lobby, dedicated to making government responsive and accountable to the people. Our key issue areas include money in politics, transparency, ethics, and voting and elections.

For more information or to get involved, please contact Executive Director Nikki Love at (808) 275-6275 or email info [at] commoncausehawaii [dot] org.

Sign up for CauseNet, our email action network, to get the latest news and information, and learn about ways you can help hold power accountable! Also stay in touch with us via Facebook and Twitter.

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Under the Influence

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Join us for "Democracy Under the Influence," our new monthly discussion series!

Our next meetup is Wednesday February 8, 2012 at 5:30PM at the Laniakea YWCA in downtown Honolulu.

For more details, please check back soon on our Democracy Under the Influence page.

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Learn and Participate

The 2012 Legislature has begun! Want to get involved but don't know where to start?

Watch our Legislature Workshops from 2011 - click here for the links to the videos.

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Links for Citizens

Check out these useful links:

Public Access Room - a great resource for citizens about the legislature
State Legislature's Website- find your legislator, track bills, and submit testimony
Campaign Spending Commission - campaign finance reports for state and local candidates
Hawaii Ethics Commission - ethics, gifts, and lobbyist information
Hawaii Office of Elections - information on voting and elections in Hawaii

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