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Voting & Elections 10.8.2014

Common Cause Praises Virginia District Court Finding that Legislature Manipulated Election Districts

Federal court overturns Virginia congressional districts.

Interview with Timothy Kuhner Part 3: A Path Forward

Dr. Timothy Kuhner stopped by the Common Cause office to speak with us about his new book, Capitalism vs. Democracy. In this part, we talk about how we win the fight to take our democracy back from big money.

Interview with Timothy Kuhner Part 2: "The Last Lawful Means of Political Exclusion"

Dr. Timothy Kuhner stopped by the Common Cause office to speak with us about his new book, Capitalism vs. Democracy. In this part, we discuss our nation's history as a forward march of political inclusion -- and how wealth is still used to shut people out.

Interview with Timothy Kuhner Part 1: Free Market Democracy

Dr. Timothy Kuhner stopped by the Common Cause office to speak with us about his new book, Capitalism vs. Democracy. In this part, we discuss how the Supreme Court has reshaped our political system to work like a free market -- and what that means for our democracy.

Voting & Elections 10.7.2014

A Shameful Ruling

A federal appeals court late Monday reinstituted Wisconsin’s hotly-disputed Voter ID law, reversing a district court’s order in Frank v. Walker, and complicating plans for a mid-term election that’s now less than four weeks away.

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