Democracy Wire

California Common Cause scored three major victories this weekend, as Gov. Jerry Brown signed three bills to make ballot initiatives more open and transparent, boost voter turnout, and ensure every vote is counted.

Arapahoe County, CO, has successfully tested a new risk limiting audit to verify election returns

President Miles Rapoport urges justice in Ferguson, MO and national attack on economic and political inequality that fueled violence there.

Hawaii is making strides toward greater participation in their elections. In an effort to combat the state’s current low voter turnout and expand access to the ballot box, Governor Neil Abercrombie has signed a bill allowing voters to register at absentee polling places beginning in 2016, paving the way for Election Day registration to begin in 2018.