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Money & Influence 05.18.2023

Common Cause Delaware talks with WBOC about Seaford corporate voting bill

Claire Snyder-Hall, executive director of Common Cause Delaware, talks with WBOC a proposed amendment to the Seaford city charter that would allow corporations to vote.

Voting & Elections 05.4.2023

Supporters, opponents spar over Del. bill to reduce voting age for school board elections

"It really is a bold new idea and it would be great for the First State to be the first state to enact it."

Voting & Elections 04.27.2023

Bills to drop voting age, expand absentee voting in Delaware constitution heard in Dover

Claire Snyder-Hall, executive director of Common Cause Delaware, talks with 47 ABC about a bill that would change an outdated statute related to voting age, but leave in language that requires literacy tests, land ownership, and a minimum residency for voting.

Voting & Elections 04.27.2023

Op-ed: This is why Delaware needs to lower the voting age

"We need bold new ideas to increase participation in democracy through voting, and this could do that."

Voting & Elections 04.25.2023

Op-ed: Give youth a voice in school board elections

"Instill the value of civic responsibility in a new generation."

Voting & Elections 04.6.2023

16, 17 year olds in Delaware could soon vote in school board elections thanks to new bill

Claire Snyder-Hall talks with WMDT about a newly filed bill that would lower the voting age to 16 for school board elections in Delaware.

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