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Se insta a los comités judiciales a citar al juez Thomas como testigo en las audiencias de ética de la Corte Suprema
Hoy, Common Cause instó a los Comités Judiciales de la Cámara de Representantes y del Senado a que llamen al juez Clarence Thomas como testigo en las audiencias para examinar la ética de la Corte Suprema a raíz del último escándalo que envuelve al tribunal más importante del país. Un informe reciente de ProPublica reveló que durante más de dos décadas el juez Thomas no informó sobre los regalos de lujo y las vacaciones que recibió del multimillonario donante republicano Harlan Crow.
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Associated Press: Trump’s response to criminal charges revives election lies
Aaron Scherb, senior director of legislative affairs for Common Cause, which has long been critical of Trump’s allegations of election rigging, noted that all the investigations of the former president began well before he started running for president again.
“Nobody is above the law, including former presidents, and running for president cannot and must not serve as a shield for wrongful conduct,” Scherb said.
“Nobody is above the law, including former presidents, and running for president cannot and must not serve as a shield for wrongful conduct,” Scherb said.
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Florida Public Radio/WFSU: El proyecto de ley electoral de Florida restringiría aún más los grupos de registro de votantes
“Vimos que impone muchas más restricciones a las organizaciones de registro de votantes independientes”, dijo Amy Keith, directora de programas de Common Cause Florida, una organización que trabaja para garantizar elecciones justas y libres. “Cuando se imponen más normas, cuando se imponen más multas, se restringe su trabajo”.
"Cuando se restringe a una pequeña organización comunitaria y se les impone una carga mayor, no tienen la capacidad de cumplir", dijo Keith.
"Cuando se restringe a una pequeña organización comunitaria y se les impone una carga mayor, no tienen la capacidad de cumplir", dijo Keith.
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Charleston Gazette-Mail: As Morrisey mounts gubernatorial run, environmental advocates fear he has damaged WV’s climate future
“Attorney General Morrisey should know better,” Aaron Scherb, senior legislative affairs director at Common Cause, a Washington, D.C.-based government watchdog group, said in a phone interview.
Common Cause filed complaints with the Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission against Trump in 2018 alleging a $130,000 payment to Stephanie Clifford, a pornographic actress known as Stormy Daniels, was an unreported in-kind contribution to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign committee in violation of federal...
Common Cause filed complaints with the Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission against Trump in 2018 alleging a $130,000 payment to Stephanie Clifford, a pornographic actress known as Stormy Daniels, was an unreported in-kind contribution to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign committee in violation of federal...
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (Op-Ed): Why is Texas voter turnout so embarrassing? Lack of online registration, for starters
We got it right in Texas when we inscribed in our Constitution that “all political power is inherent in the people.”
But politicians in power today are not living up to that ideal. Texas is the fourth-most difficult state to vote in by one analysis and 41st in the nation when it comes to voter turnout. We had 9.6 million registered Texas voters sit out the last election — more than the entire population of states such as New Jersey or Virginia.
But politicians in power today are not living up to that ideal. Texas is the fourth-most difficult state to vote in by one analysis and 41st in the nation when it comes to voter turnout. We had 9.6 million registered Texas voters sit out the last election — more than the entire population of states such as New Jersey or Virginia.
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MarketWatch: Watchdog groups call for Justice Clarence Thomas to address reported failure to disclose gifts from real-estate tycoon
Common Cause’s senior director of legislative affairs, Aaron Scherb, said it would be reasonable for U.S. lawmakers to have Thomas testify as to “why he didn’t put any of these trips on his personal financial-disclosure forms.” Scherb said that move could come from the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin.
Durbin said on Thursday that his committee “will act” to respond to the ProPublica report.
Scherb also described the lack of disclosure by Thomas as “extremely...
Durbin said on Thursday that his committee “will act” to respond to the ProPublica report.
Scherb also described the lack of disclosure by Thomas as “extremely...
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Houston Chronicle: Texas Republicans want out of a national program that targets voter fraud
“States leaving ERIC and creating their own independent registration system increases the potential for election fraud,” Katya Ehresman, the voting rights program manager at Common Cause Texas, testified last week. “The GOP and conservatives for years demanded the kind of results ERIC has produced, and states withdrawing from the compact undercut efforts to keep voter rolls clean and prevent illegal voting.”
Ehresman also has questioned whether Nelson’s office could run its own system. She pointed to the office’s...
Ehresman also has questioned whether Nelson’s office could run its own system. She pointed to the office’s...
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The Motley Fool: Moment of Trump
Just days after the story came out, Common Cause, a Washington-based watchdog group, filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission alleging the $130,000 payment to Daniels amounted to an unreported, illegal in-kind contribution to the Trump campaign for the purpose of influencing the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, made in coordination with Cohen.
At the time Common Cause did not know it was Cohen himself who had made the in-kind payment, but later amended the complaints to...
At the time Common Cause did not know it was Cohen himself who had made the in-kind payment, but later amended the complaints to...
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Bloomberg: Swing-State Flip Gives Democrats Path to Sue on Abortion, Voting
Lawsuits challenging Wisconsin’s congressional and state legislative maps “will most definitely” be filed, said Wisconsin Common Cause Executive Director Jay Heck.
As they prepare to ask the courts to evaluate political maps, lawyers will line up voter plaintiffs from areas where Democratic-leaning precincts were merged into Republican-dominated districts beginning in 2011, Heck said.
As they prepare to ask the courts to evaluate political maps, lawyers will line up voter plaintiffs from areas where Democratic-leaning precincts were merged into Republican-dominated districts beginning in 2011, Heck said.
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Washington Monthly: Could Ballot Images Loosen the Grip of Disinformation?
“Bad actors could easily abuse this data,” wrote Alex Gulotta, Arizona state director of All Voting is Local Action, and Jenny Guzman, program director of Common Cause Arizona, in a mid-March Arizona Republic commentary. “This is not a far-fetched reality.”
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Op-Ed): Support public financing for elections
Senate Bill 1543 is the most significant public financing bill currently being considered throughout the nation. There are only a few days left in the legislative session for it to be scheduled for a hearing in the House Finance Committee. If that does not happen this very important bill dies. And that would be a serious blow to efforts to get big money out of politics.
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The Guardian: ‘A truly incredible amount of money’: millions ride on one US judicial election
“When the Republicans rewrote the laws in 2015 … they did it with the expectation that it would advantage them. They felt that the sources of money they could rely on, both outside groups and big contributors, would mean they would always have financial advantages in races like this. Just the opposite has happened,” said Jay Heck, the executive director of the Wisconsin chapter of Common Cause, a watchdog group. “That is the reason why [Wisconsin Democratic party chair] Ben Wikler and the Democrats have been able to be such a...
