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Census Bureau fails to change harmful representation system

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Census Bureau fails to change harmful representation system

Prison-based gerrymandering threatens our democracy’s commitment to fair representation. The practice leads to certain districts becoming largely composed of voiceless individuals, since prisoners cannot vote in most states.

Platforms Without Media?

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Platforms Without Media?

Party platforms can be sleepy affairs. In recent years, platform writing too often became an exercise of box-checking to “reach out and touch” as many interest groups as possible so everyone felt involved, with an anodyne sentence or two thrown in so these interests felt included. Long on generalities and short on specifics, platforms in recent years were routinely adopted at the party’s convention—and then promptly forgotten.

Celebrando el 50 aniversario de la FOIA

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Celebrando el 50 aniversario de la FOIA

La FOIA (Ley de Libertad de Información federal) cumplirá 50 años el 4 de julio; su cumpleaños se conmemorará con la firma por parte del Presidente Obama de un proyecto de ley bipartidista poco común para actualizarla y fortalecerla.

Common Cause Member Call

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Common Cause Member Call

Common Cause President, Karen Hobert-Flynn held a special phone briefing for members and supporters like you on June 23 at 8pm ET. She shared how we will use this next year to fight big money in politics, protect our right to vote, advance impartial redistricting reform, and more.

Senators Playing Loose with Constitutional Rights

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Senators Playing Loose with Constitutional Rights

Their zeal to protect Americans from domestic terrorists, or perhaps to score political points for seeming to provide protection, is leading some members of Congress to toss aside constitutional rights.

How to move a political system that seems incapable of change

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How to move a political system that seems incapable of change

“There is no use speaking truth to power” the President of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee’s Legacy Project told a group of activists and college students in Washington last week.

Internet Voting: It seems too good to be true, and it is

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Internet Voting: It seems too good to be true, and it is

In less than one generation, the internet has become as central to American life as the automobile, the telephone and the television. We spend time with friends online, we shop online, we even file our taxes and manage our banking online. Why not vote online?

Triumphs and Challenges for Early Voting

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Triumphs and Challenges for Early Voting

You’re a US citizen, you’re 18 years old or older, you’re registered and ready to vote. But what if November comes around and you have work or class on Election Day? What if you can’t wait hours in the long lines you’ve found at your precinct in the past?

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