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Redistricting Distracts Legislators from Important Issues

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Redistricting Distracts Legislators from Important Issues

Floridians and advocates are encouraging lawmakers to focus on real issues like affordability instead of wasting time on an illegal partisan mid-decade redistricting effort after watching the first House redistricting meeting today.

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Spanish-Language Campaign Urges Florida Latinos to Vote Early or by Mail

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Spanish-Language Campaign Urges Florida Latinos to Vote Early or by Mail

Pa’ luego es tarde, ¡Vota! is committed to getting out the vote early or by mail across Florida, including rural and immigrant communities often disenfranchised by systemic discrimination.

Common Cause FL Statement on 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision

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Common Cause FL Statement on 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision

"The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision issued today is anathema to our country’s values. Our republic is stronger when more people participate. The ability to vote should never be conditioned on economic circumstances. The 'demos' in democracy means all the people decide, not the moneyed people."

Advocates Call on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to Expand Voting Ahead of General Election 

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Advocates Call on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to Expand Voting Ahead of General Election 

"No one should have to choose between their health and their vote, yet that is the choice that Governor DeSantis is forcing them to make," said Liza McClenaghan, state chair of the Common Cause Florida governing board. "We urge the Governor to give voters a clear range of safe and secure options to cast their vote-by-mail ballots or to cast their ballots in-person at early voting sites and precinct polling places on Election Day."  

UPDATE: Jones v DeSantis oral arguments

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UPDATE: Jones v DeSantis oral arguments

Today, the federal appeals court held oral arguments in Jones v. DeSantis, a case determining the constitutionality of wealth-based obstacles to voting. "SB 7066 limits the number of poor people who are able to vote. It creates a pay-to-vote scheme that is anathema to our country’s values. The ability to participate in our democracy should never be conditioned on economic circumstances."

Common Cause Florida Files Amicus Brief in Jones v. DeSantis

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Common Cause Florida Files Amicus Brief in Jones v. DeSantis

Represented by Covington & Burling LLP, Common Cause Florida today filed an amicus brief in Jones v. DeSantis, urging a federal appeals court to uphold a decision that concluded a Florida law that created wealth-based hurdles to voting is unconstitutional.

Common Cause Florida Denounces New Law Restricting Citizen-Led Amendments

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Common Cause Florida Denounces New Law Restricting Citizen-Led Amendments

Our government is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’ -- but in the middle of a public health emergency, our government is now making it harder for ‘the people’ to have their voices heard.

Voting Rights Groups Urge Governor to Veto Bill Restricting Citizen-Led Amendments

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Voting Rights Groups Urge Governor to Veto Bill Restricting Citizen-Led Amendments

Common Cause Florida, the League of Women Voters of Florida and 11 other groups today urged Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to veto SB 1794, a bill that would make it harder for citizens to propose amendment to the state constitution.

“Our government is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’ and yet our Legislature is making it harder for the people to have their voices heard,” said Anjenys Gonzalez-Eilert, Executive Director of Common Cause Florida.

Voting Rights Groups Demand Equal Access to Voting Sites for African-American Voters in Panama City Ahead of March 17 Primary Election

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Voting Rights Groups Demand Equal Access to Voting Sites for African-American Voters in Panama City Ahead of March 17 Primary Election

The groups’ letter identifies serious racial disparities in Early Voting access in Panama City, as well as other barriers to voting access for African-American and low-wealth voters, many of whom continue to face difficulties recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Michael, which made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane on October 10, 2018.

Russian Attacks on Florida County Voting Systems Must Be Countered with Action and Federal Funds

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Russian Attacks on Florida County Voting Systems Must Be Countered with Action and Federal Funds

Floridians expect and deserve to know that state and federal officials are taking proper precautions to safeguard the integrity of election systems. As a perennial election battleground state, we know that we are and will remain a target. New revelations that not one, but two Florida county election systems were breached by Russian hackers during the 2016 election cycle raise serious concerns that must be addressed by state officials and the U.S. Congress.

Coalition Calls on Governor-elect and Legislature for Election Reforms

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Coalition Calls on Governor-elect and Legislature for Election Reforms

We are counting on the Governor-elect and legislators to approve these reforms, and others like them, during the upcoming Legislative Session. Florida should be leading the nation and indeed the world with a fair and efficient election process, where every citizens’ vote is counted. Floridians deserve no less.

Common Cause & League of Women Voters Call for Gov. Scott to Recuse Himself from Florida Recount

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Common Cause & League of Women Voters Call for Gov. Scott to Recuse Himself from Florida Recount

Today, Common Cause Florida and the League of Women Voters of Florida called on Gov. Rick Scott to immediately remove himself from any role in the recount of the 2018 Florida General Election.  The letter urges Gov. Scott to recognize the clear conflict of interest in overseeing the recount of his own race for the U.S. Senate and recuse himself from any related role or warns that the groups will be forced to immediately seek a formal emergency remedy from the courts.

We Reiterate

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We Reiterate

Common Cause Florida, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ACLU of Florida,
ACLU, and Advancement Project national office write to express our continued concern about
the lack of accurate and accessible information on how Florida voters can participate in the
November 2018 election.

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