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Voting & Elections 03.23.2016

In Too Many Places, the Machinery of Our Elections Is Still Broken

In Arizona, Utah and Idaho, thousands of people stood for hours in line to vote on Tuesday

Voting & Elections 03.22.2016

Voting Online Feels Great...Until You Wake Up

Tuesday's online voting in the Utah Republican caucus is vulnerable to cyberattacks

Voting & Elections 02.10.2015

What’s better: 25% of Angelenos voting? Or 75% of Angelenos voting?

Charter Amendments 1 and 2, on the Los Angeles March 3rd primary election ballot, would increase voter participation and hold politicians accountable by holding municipal and school board elections at the same time as federal and state elections.

Voting & Elections 02.5.2015

Groups Move to Enforce Motor Voter in California

Today, California Common Cause joined several other groups, like our friends at League of Women Voters, to serve notice on the DMV to shape up, or we’re suing.

Voting & Elections 11.7.2014

Gearing Up for Election Day Protection

As a legal intern at Common Cause this fall,,I had an exciting and important chance to work on Election Protection.

Voting & Elections 11.7.2014

Now What?

Election Protection, a non-partisan hotline through which volunteers troubleshoot polling place problems and provide voters with information, received twice as many inquiries and complaints on Tuesday as it had during the last mid-term election in 2010.

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