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Voting & Fair Representation: Protecting Your Voice

We all deserve a say in choosing leaders who will fight for us in the halls of power. The right to vote must be secure, fair, and open to all.

Our votes are how we decide the future for our families, our communities, and our country. But too often, politicians pass unfair voting rules that drown out the voices of everyday people or rig legislative maps so we don’t get a real choice.

That’s why Common Cause protects your voice at the ballot box, in Congress, in state legislatures, in the courts, and beyond.

We have passed hundreds of commonsense solutions that give every American a say in our futureincluding vote-by-mail, online voter registration, early voting, and independent redistricting – and blocked voter suppression policies like strict voter ID and purges of registered voters.

What We’re Doing


The SAVE Act

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The SAVE Act

We need your help to save millions of voters from the GOP’s so-called “SAVE” Act
Moore v. Harper

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Moore v. Harper

Common Cause took the fight for free and fair elections all the way to the Supreme Court and won.
End Prison Gerrymandering

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End Prison Gerrymandering

End Prison Gerrymandering
Voting districts should be drawn in a way that ensures everyone has a voice in our democracy.

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Add Your Name: Deliver on the People’s Promise

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Add Your Name: Deliver on the People’s Promise

Trump had his 100 days. Now it’s our turn.

President Trump and his allies have spent the past 100 days attacking our rights, undermining our democracy, and enriching the ultra-wealthy, while driving up the cost of living for working-class Americans. It’s a deliberate strategy to distract and divide us while they seize power and wealth.

We see through their games. It’s time to join together and demand something different — not just by resisting their agenda, but by offering our own that guarantees justice, equality,...

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The Road Ahead

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The Road Ahead

A message from Virginia Kase Solomón, President and CEO of Common Cause.

How a Trump Policy Priority was Defeated in Deep Red Texas

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How a Trump Policy Priority was Defeated in Deep Red Texas

SB 16 could easily have sailed through the Texas Legislature. Instead, we kept it from becoming law. 

Lots of factors contributed to the death of SB 16. One of the biggest factors: you! Thanks to months of hard work and tireless advocacy from Common Cause members like you, along with the hundreds of coalition partners, activists, and supporters of voting rights who showed up at committee hearings, sent emails, made calls, and spread the word across social media. 

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The SAVE Act Myth vs. Fact

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Explainer: Trump’s Executive Order Attacking Voting Rights

By: Dan Vicuna

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Explainer: Trump Administration’s Proposal to Task USPS with Census Enumeration

The United States Postal Service is a highly trusted, independent agency that provides a critical service to the public. Tasking the USPS with conducting the census will lead to increased costs, overburdened postal workers, and service delays.

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SCOTUS Limits Birthright Citizenship Protections & Constitutional Rights  

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SCOTUS Limits Birthright Citizenship Protections & Constitutional Rights  

Today, the United States Supreme Court paused a federal district court’s decision that protected the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship to anyone born in the United States. On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to end the 14th Amendment’s citizenship guarantee. Federal courts swiftly blocked the order via nationwide injunctions, recognizing it as a blatant violation of the Constitution.

Trump’s A.G. Pam Bondi Guts DOJ’s Voting Rights Leadership

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Trump’s A.G. Pam Bondi Guts DOJ’s Voting Rights Leadership

President Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi removed the leadership team of the Voting Section of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and ordered the dismissal of all the section’s active cases. The Voting Section enforces the federal laws protecting the right to vote, including the Voting Rights Act, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Acts.