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Groups Urge Census Changes to Accurately Count Prison Populations For Redistricting
Today, Common Cause and the Prison Policy Initiative urged the U.S. Census Bureau to change how it counts prison populations each decade. The Bureau’s use of differential privacy, the intentional infusion of inaccurate information into population data, creates unnecessary miscounts in data used by state and local officials for redistricting. In a letter to Director Robert L. Santos and other senior officials, the groups emphasized that the populations of correctional facilities are already publicly available and that differential privacy is...
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From Corruption to Accountability: Reforming Pay-to-Play Politics in Atlanta
For decades, the city of Atlanta has faced institutionalized corruption, hindering its potential as a cultural, business, and international hub. Common Cause Georgia exposed this corruption through a new report titled “The Atlanta Way: Examining Pay-to-Play."
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A long way to go: Voters of color are still waiting for the promise of the VRA
Fifty-nine years ago on Tuesday, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, saying “it is not enough just to give men rights. They must be able to use those rights in their personal pursuit of happiness.”
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What is Project 2025?
Project 2025 is a dangerous policy playbook being pushed by extremists. It could threaten basic freedoms by gutting checks and balances and consolidating power in the office of the president, like other authoritarian governments.
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NATIONAL VOTING IN PRISON COALITION RESPONDS TO THE RECENT ROLLBACKS OF FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT REFORMS IN NEBRASKA & MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National Voting In Prison Coalition (NVPC), a group of organizations dedicated to dismantling barriers to voting rights, objects to the recent legal efforts in Nebraska and Mississippi which undermine the voting rights of individuals impacted by the criminal legal system.
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Senator Menendez Must Resign to Restore Voters’ Faith
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Common Cause Urges Political Leaders to “Elevate Civil Discourse”
On Saturday, at a rally for former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, a lone gunman fired a series of shots injuring former President Trump, killing one rally attendee and critically injuring two others. The FBI is investigating this as an assassination attempt.
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Utah Court Rules State Leaders Cannot Throw out Voter Initiatives
High Court unanimously affirms independent redistricting, citizens' initiative process
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Common Cause Urges “No” Vote on Anti-Voter SAVE Act
Common Cause Urges “No” Vote on Anti-Voter SAVE Act
Common Cause is urging every member of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote “no” when the “SAVE” Act is expected to be brought to the floor later this week. The letter flags the legislation as a solution in search of a problem and stresses that the proposed “solution” would actually deny the right to vote to millions of Americans. Common Cause plans to key-vote this legislation in its Democracy Scorecard, which is sent to its more than 1.5 million members,...
Common Cause is urging every member of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote “no” when the “SAVE” Act is expected to be brought to the floor later this week. The letter flags the legislation as a solution in search of a problem and stresses that the proposed “solution” would actually deny the right to vote to millions of Americans. Common Cause plans to key-vote this legislation in its Democracy Scorecard, which is sent to its more than 1.5 million members,...
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Delayed & Dangerous SCOTUS Ruling Allows Trump to Avoid January 6th Trial Until After the Election
Today, in a ruling that likely comes too late to hold a trial prior to the election, the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. United States found that presidents are immune from prosecution for actions within their conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority.
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Common Cause Urges Passage of Youth Voting Rights Act
On the anniversary of the ratification of the 26th Amendment, Common Cause reaffirms its commitment to further protecting and expanding youth access to the ballot, urging Congress to pass the Youth Voting Rights Act of 2023.
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Common Cause Urges Passage of Youth Voting Rights Act
Group highlights youth voting on 26 Amendment Anniversary
