Legislation
2025 Legislative Session
Common Cause Georgia monitors the activity of the Georgia General Assembly during the legislative session that began and convened on January 13th of this year.
Voting & Fair Representation: Protecting Your Voice
We all deserve a say in choosing leaders who will fight for us in the halls of power. The right to vote must be secure, fair, and open to all.
Our votes are how we decide the future for our families, our communities, and our country. But too often, politicians pass unfair voting rules that drown out the voices of everyday people or rig legislative maps so we don’t get a real choice.
That’s why Common Cause protects your voice at the ballot box, in Congress, in state legislatures, in the courts, and beyond.
We have passed hundreds of commonsense solutions that give every American a say in our future – including vote-by-mail, online voter registration, early voting, and independent redistricting – and blocked voter suppression policies like strict voter ID and purges of registered voters.
What We’re Doing
Litigation
Common Cause v. Raffensperger
Black voters in Georgia saw their voting power diminished in the last redistricting cycle. In response, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters of Georgia, and a group of Georgia voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging Georgia’s congressional map.
form
Tell Us Why Vote-By-Mail Matters to You
Vote-by-mail is essential for millions of Americans who might not otherwise be able to participate in our democracy. As threats to mail voting continue nationwide, we’re gathering real stories from voters who depend on it and the barriers they may face trying to vote in person. Your answers will help us understand how vote-by-mail supports your ability to participate — and what challenges you would face without it. A member of our team may contact...
Letter Campaign
Submit Public Input: Speak out against Trump’s secret voter-purge system >>
Trump’s administration is quietly building a massive, unsecured data system of voters’ personal information – possibly even yours. They did it in secret, broke transparency rules, and hoped no one would ever find out. It’s a surveillance dragnet straight out of the DOGE playbook: pool everyone’s data in one place, use it to target voters, and ultimately pass laws that will make it harder for all of us to cast a ballot. Let’s be clear...
Petition
Tell Congress: Don’t let Trump punish voters
Trump has threatened to slash federal dollars that fund hospitals, housing, and schools for New Yorkers because they dared to vote for mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
And we have every reason to believe he’ll follow through. In recent months, he has specifically targeted places that didn’t vote for him last year – canceling billions of dollars for trains, tunnels, and clean energy in blue states, and rejecting disaster aid for blue states.
Our lawmakers must make it clear: no president can cut off funding just because he...
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Updates
“2024 Wins”
- Volunteer Training: Increased trained Election Protection volunteers by 800%.
-Spanish/Language Support: Piloted a poll monitoring program in Gwinnett County.
-Geographic Expansion: Covered 30 counties during the General Election.
-Spanish/Language Support: Piloted a poll monitoring program in Gwinnett County.
-Geographic Expansion: Covered 30 counties during the General Election.
Article
WATCH: Common Cause speaks up for Georgia voters
2024 Legislative Session
Common Cause Georgia monitored the activity of the Georgia General Assembly during the legislative session that ran from January 8, 2024 - March 28, 2024. We submitted written testimony and gave public comment at committee hearings on proposed bills dealing with voting and elections, redistricting, ethics, and government transparency. We also provided questions, talking points, and amendment language to legislators and helped to keep the public and media informed of relevant legislation.
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Explainer: Trump Administration’s Proposal to Task USPS with Census Enumeration
The United States Postal Service is a highly trusted, independent agency that provides a critical service to the public. Tasking the USPS with conducting the census will lead to increased costs, overburdened postal workers, and service delays.