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Civil Rights Groups: Millions of Members Demand Change Before Congress Funds DHS

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Civil Rights Groups: Millions of Members Demand Change Before Congress Funds DHS

On behalf of its millions of members, Common Cause, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the National Urban League (NUL), the NAACP, and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation sent a letter to congressional leadership demanding no additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security without a massive overhaul of ICE operations that have led to deadly violence nationwide.

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Common Cause Sues to Protect Nebraskan Voters

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Common Cause Sues to Protect Nebraskan Voters

Preventing Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen from sharing sensitive information contained in the state voter file with federal officials who do not run Nebraska elections.

Correcting the Record on False Mid-Cycle Redistricting Mailer

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Correcting the Record on False Mid-Cycle Redistricting Mailer

“Common Cause is in no way affiliated with Protect Voters First and did not authorize this mailer. Our position on mid-cycle redistricting is clear — we will not oppose mid-cycle redistricting efforts in states that meet our six fairness criteria. However, any states that refuse to comply with our criteria will meet strong people-powered opposition.”

Common Cause Launches Fairness Criteria to Counter Mid-Decade Power Plays

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Common Cause Launches Fairness Criteria to Counter Mid-Decade Power Plays

"We have established a fairness criteria that we will use to evaluate all countermeasures so we can respond to the most urgent threats to fair representation while holding all actors to the same principled standard: people—not parties—first.”

Hostile Takeover of Washington, D.C., MPD

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Hostile Takeover of Washington, D.C., MPD

Sending the military into the neighborhoods of DC, despite recent drops in violent crime, is a ruthless, targeted attack on the people of this great city.

TODAY: North Carolina Voter to Testify Before Congress

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TODAY: North Carolina Voter to Testify Before Congress

Heling will travel to Capitol Hill to speak before the U.S. House Committee on House Administration about her experience being unjustly targeted in Griffin’s lawsuit and concerns about the Department of Justice questioning voter rolls in North Carolina.

Major Supreme Court Case Could Eliminate Final Guardrails On Money In Politics

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Major Supreme Court Case Could Eliminate Final Guardrails On Money In Politics

The decision to take up this case is the latest in a long string of campaign finance cases since Citizens United v. FEC that have undermined basic safeguards against corruption and deepened the influence of big money in our democracy.

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