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Providence Journal : L'accès aux documents publics a été un problème lors de la fermeture du pont. Cela contribuera-t-il à faire passer les réformes ?

« C'est un parfait exemple de quelque chose qui est dans l'intérêt public », a déclaré jeudi John Marion Jr., directeur exécutif de Common Cause Rhode Island, à propos des courriels du pont de Washington.

Sacramento Bee/Yahoo! News (éditorial) : Qu'a permis d'accomplir le Voters Choice Act de Californie ?

Bien que le Voters Choice Act n'ait jamais été conçu pour être une panacée à tous les défis électoraux auxquels la Californie est confrontée, une chose est très claire : la loi est une réforme qui mérite d'être revue et dans laquelle il faut réinvestir, et qui est toujours prometteuse pour élargir la participation électorale à travers l'État et à travers de nombreux groupes d'électeurs.

Associated Press: 6 charged in alleged straw donor scheme to help get Eric Adams elected New York City mayor

Susan Lerner, the executive director of the watchdog group Common Cause New York, said it was too soon to know if Adams had acted improperly. But she said the indictment was evidence that the city’s public financing system was working as intended.

“The campaign finance system we have in New York City deliberately makes it harder for people who want to buy influence,” Lerner said. “The lesson here is do not try to game the system because you will be caught.”

NPR: Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states

State courts have become the battleground for partisan gerrymandering after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2019 ruling in the case known as Rucho v. Common Cause.

"For several decades, people in the states had held out hope that the Supreme Court would lay down a standard for finding that partisan gerrymandering had happened and potentially overruling maps where that kind of vote rigging had happened," says Kathay Feng, vice president of programs at Common Cause, the advocacy group that has also helped lead the ongoing case...

New York Times: Michael Bloomberg Has Found a New $5 Million Cause: Helping Hochul

“Its most immediate impact is that it adds to cynicism among voters,” said Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York. “The more money that floods into our system, the more people feel like their interests aren’t heard.”

Indianapolis Star: ‘Windfall profit’: Lawmakers who build homes file bills to help their industry

"It's not technically unethical, but it doesn't technically break the rules that they write for themselves, but it still creates an appearance of impropriety," Julia Vaughn, executive director of Common Cause Indiana, said. "That's damaging to the institution when people think that lawmakers are just out to protect their financial interests."

Washington Post: Election officials fear counting delays will help fuel claims of fraud

“I expect to see what we saw in 2020,” said Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections for Common Cause, a nonpartisan voter education and advocacy group. “Election officials will be counting votes, some results will come in late and bad actors will be trying to play political games to undermine people’s confidence in the outcome.”

Reuters : Des alliés extérieurs aident les candidats républicains au Sénat américain à combler l'écart avec les démocrates

« Les groupes extérieurs font la différence », a déclaré Aaron Scherb, lobbyiste sur le financement des campagnes et les questions électorales pour Common Cause, un groupe de surveillance qui milite pour une plus grande transparence dans le financement des campagnes.

Boston Globe: Helping people discover their power through civic education

How does a community like Homewood, Pennsylvania, address the lead in the soil that’s harming children or the proliferation of vacant lots? Khalif Ali, executive director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, a nonpartisan organization that serves as a watchdog against corruption and voter suppression for Pennsylvanians, says it starts with creating civically oriented spaces where people can learn about the democratic process and unite with others experiencing the same struggles.

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Los Angeles Times: Garcetti’s India nomination has stalled. So his parents hired lobbyists to help him

Many Washington, D.C., lobbying firms have a minimum monthly retainer of $10,000 or $15,000, but some firms charge $50,000 a month, or occasionally more, said Beth Rotman, director of money in politics and ethics at Common Cause, a good-government organization.

She likened Garcetti’s parents to a couple that shells out to get their child into a top school.

“It’s a bit like when the parents hire the most expensive coach they can find to get them into the most expensive university,” Rotman said. ...

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