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Five Things Your Tax Dollars Could Fund Instead of an Illegal Iran War
While Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, the Trump Administration is pouring billions of dollars into an illegal war in Iran.
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ALEC Runs For Cover
A few weeks ago, NBC11, a local TV station in Atlanta, went undercover at the a conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a secretive corporate lobbying group.
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Common Cause “Gerrymander Standard” Third Place Winner
As co-chairs of Common Cause’s inaugural Democracy Prize writing competition to identify the best “gerrymander standard”, it’s our privilege to announce the winners of the competition this week, as promised on Friday.
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Closing The Digital Divide
The fight to close the digital divide just got a major boost.
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Common Cause “Gerrymander Standard” Winners Will Be Announced Next Week
Last year Common Cause launched the inaugural Democracy Prize Writing Competition to identify the best “gerrymander standard.” On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week, we’ll announce each of the winning entries in daily blog posts summarizing their ideas and linking to the papers.
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Oregons Parlament schickt Gesetzentwurf an den Gouverneur, der der Öffentlichkeit mehr Mitspracherecht bei der Neugliederung der Wahlbezirke gibt
Das Parlament des Staates Oregon hat einen Gesetzentwurf von Common Cause und der Redistricting Matters Coalition verabschiedet, um mehr öffentliche Beteiligung und Transparenz in den Prozess der Neugliederung der Wahlbezirke zu bringen.
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Disclosure Voted Down Along Party Lines
In a party line vote, Republicans on the House Communications and Technology subcommittee defeated legislation that would have forced the secret sponsors of broadcast political ads into the open.
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ALEC Losing Clout, Legitimacy Amid Ongoing Controversy and Tax Fraud
Amid an exodus of more than 100 corporations from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Common Cause and the Center for Media and Democracy sent federal authorities new evidence last week, that ALEC is a corporate lobby masquerading as a charity at the expense of taxpayers and voters.
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Got $1 million? Here is what it can get you.
While they all talk about attracting grassroots and small-donor support, the 2016 candidates are depending on big money from wealthy donors to propel them to the White House.
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Redistricting Reformers Make Plans in Cincinnati
On May 15, Common Cause Ohio and partner organizations hosted a Redistricting Reform in 2015 Workshop in Cincinnati.
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Allergan Latest Company to Leave ALEC as Pressure Builds on Pfizer
Another major corporation has decided to leave the controversial corporate lobbying group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Common Cause has learned.
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Baltimore, Make Your Vote Count
This week The New York Times reported on a years-long research project that found that children who move from lower-income to higher-income neighborhoods may improve their odds of succeeding, with their likelihood of going to college and the amount of money they're likely to earn as adults increasing for every year spent in the better neighborhood.
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Gerrymandering Causes Huge Drop in Competitiveness of Wisconsin’s State Legislative Elections
A new report from Common Cause Wisconsin found that only 10.3 percent of winning candidates defeated their opponents by less than 10 percent in 2014.
