Civil Rights

Common Cause Georgia is calling on city and state leaders to respect people’s right to protest and provide more transparency about the project.

The Expanding the VOTE act would strengthen the Voting Rights Act and provide funding for critically-needed translations of election materials.

Voter Assistance is Available - “In our government ‘by the people’ we owe it to each other to make sure we all vote.”

The pending 2023 state budget still includes $579,936 for “four fulltime positions and operating expenses to investigate elections complaints” within the Georgia Bureau of Elections.

Right now, in Georgia, mere presence at the scene of a crime is not sufficient evidence to convict someone of being a party to the crime. But this bill seems intended to change that.

Just like last year, the process has allowed little or no public input -- because if you don’t have a lobbyist, it’s almost impossible to find out what’s going on. It’s both sad and ironic that a bill directly affecting our freedom to vote is being considered using such an opaque process.