Emma Steiner, gerente de proyectos de responsabilidad de información en Common Cause, dijo al HuffPost que el programa de monetización de Musk, combinado con su nuevo sistema para recibir insignias "verificadas", había fomentado información engañosa.

“El nuevo sistema de verificación hace que sea casi imposible distinguir las noticias verdaderas de las falsas en la plataforma, especialmente porque la gente publica específicamente para obtener ingresos por la interacción”, dijo Steiner. “Eso crea algunos incentivos realmente perversos para las noticias de última hora”.

Common Cause Florida, the Florida branch of the NAACP and Fair Districts Now are suing to have the map which saw a North Florida district held by Rep. Al Lawson, a Black congressman, eliminated.

On the first day of trial, attorney Greg Baker, who is representing the plaintiff, accused DeSantis of having "pushed and pushed" to endorse the disputed congressional map which helped the Florida GOP pick up four House seats at last year's midterms elections.

"He pressed his argument by sound bite bullying," Baker...

Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director of California Common Cause, said the risk of a runaway convention is too great, because there are very few rules in place.

"We would have no idea who's seeking to influence the members of the constitutional Convention," Stein pointed out. "What lobbying would be happening behind the scenes? Would there be public-records requirements? Would there be transparency requirements? We just have no idea."

No existe una alternativa viable al ERIC. Otros estados lo han intentado, pero sin éxito; por ejemplo, el sistema de verificación interestatal, un programa iniciado en Kansas, tenía una tasa de error de 99%. Se descubrió que eliminaba alrededor de 200 registros utilizados para emitir votos legítimos por cada registro de votante duplicado. Como explicó Louisiana Illuminator, “Replicar lo que construyó el ERIC sería un gran desafío técnico, científico, administrativo y político, incluso para un estado comprometido a hacerlo funcionar”.

Alyssa Canty, directora de programas juveniles de Common Cause, dijo que los jóvenes a menudo están empezando a ver los efectos de la política cívica.

"Cuando tienen 16 o 17 años, comienzan su primer trabajo a tiempo parcial", señaló Canty. "Así que ahora tienen ingresos, compran cosas, pagan impuestos sobre las ventas, pero no tienen voz ni voto sobre lo que sucede con esos dólares de impuestos".

Canty considera que los últimos años de la escuela secundaria son un buen momento para involucrar a los jóvenes.

"Por lo general, alrededor de los 16, 17 años, ese junior, senior...

"The Alabama legislature's defiance of a clear mandate from the Supreme Court to discriminate against Black voters is so brazen, a delaying tactic seems to be the only explanation that makes any sense," says Dan Vicuna, director of redistricting and representation at the advocacy group Common Cause.

"I think it's not going to sit well with the Supreme Court," he says.

Emma Steiner, information accountability project manager with the non-partisan group Common Cause, said disinformation can often be hard to spot.

"A lot of times people fall for disinformation," said Steiner, "because it seems to confirm something they already believe and that's where people get tripped up."

Steiner recommended that people always refer to official sources for voting information - including Secretary of States' offices or local election boards.

"Disinformation spreaders and...

Susan Lerner, executive director of the good government group Common Cause New York, said politicians should not hold fundraisers without declaring their intentions.

"Common Cause/NY believes that candidates must explicitly announce what office they are running for when asking donors for money - and not build up a war chest for an unknown position," she said in a statement. "New York law must change so that candidates are only able to raise money once they've announced their campaign for an intended office."

When I was in the Supreme Court last December listening to oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, I was struck by Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s questions in this case that put the future of American democracy’s checks and balances at risk.

Barrett doubted that the “independent state legislature theory” should give state legislatures absolute power to write laws for federal elections without facing state judicial review. And Barrett probed repeatedly about when, if at all, the Supreme Court should intervene in state court...

Sean McMorris, a member of government transparency nonprofit California Common Cause, said he’s unsure whether the city needs to eliminate the cap at all.

“I know that San Jose is being proactive, but it is not clear to me that the SCOTUS ruling, which pertained to federal campaign finance law and post-election fundraising, would necessarily apply to all local campaign finance laws pertaining to candidate loans or that a city cannot narrowly tailor such a law to avoid running afoul of the SCOTUS ruling,” he wrote in an...