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News & Observer: Senators are helping pay Sen. Burr’s legal expenses. Here’s a closer look at the donors

“In my view, it’s the least troubling of the money,” said Paul S. Ryan, the vice president of policy and litigation at Common Cause. ‘I am far more concerned seeing people with business before Burr’s committees than I am seeing money from other members of Congress.” ...

“There’s heightened concern of fundraising into a legal expense fund by a member of Congress not running for reelection,” Ryan said. “... The threat for corruption or, at a minimum, the appearance of corruption is greater when it comes to...

VICE News: Fight for a Fairer Election by Helping Voters Fix Their Messed-Up Ballots

Now, in states where ballot rejection data is publicly available, local election offices and non-partisan voter rights groups are enlisting volunteers to help with the curing process. According to Izzy Bronstein, a grassroots organizer with watchdog organization Common Cause who helps run its Election Protection volunteer coalition, volunteers can reach out to voters to let them know that their ballot might need curing, and then walk them through that process. ...

Bronstein said volunteering for ballot cure phonebanking...

Newsweek: Mitch McConnell’s ‘Legislative Graveyard’ Helping Current Congress to Be the Least Productive in History, Report Says

"The House of Representatives passed nearly 10 democracy reform bills, often with bipartisan support, this session, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked debate and markups on all of these bills and refused to allow a vote," Common Cause's director of legislative affairs, Aaron Scherb, said.

The 2020 Democracy Scorecard, one of the group's initiatives, provides data on every current member of the House of Representatives and Senate, including their votes and co-sponsorships of democracy reform bills.

Scherb...

ABC News: ‘More time would have been helpful’: Ohio election officials face ballot issues due to postal service delays

Catherine Turcer, the executive director of Common Cause Ohio, said that for vote-by-mail to be successful in Ohio, should that be the default in November, the process needs to be streamlined. That means eliminating the additional back-and-forth of submitting an absentee ballot application.

ABC News: How Bloomberg could help Joe Biden take on Trump

“Bloomberg can keep his offices open and his staff employed--all to support Biden--with Bloomberg continuing to pay for it, but the work needs to be done independently of the Biden campaign,” Paul S. Ryan of nonpartisan watchdog group Common Cause told ABC News. “In other words, Bloomberg can run a pro-Biden super PAC, using his campaign office space and campaign staff. Bloomberg's pro-Biden effort staff couldn't coordinate it's spending with the Biden campaign.”

“What Bloomberg can not do is simply merge his team and...

Sacramento Bee/Yahoo! News (Op-Ed): What has California’s Voters Choice Act helped accomplish?

While the Voters Choice Act was never intended to be a panacea for all voting challenges facing California, one thing is very clear: The law is a reform worth revisiting and reinvesting in, and still holds promise for expanding electoral participation across the state and across many voting groups.

트럼프와 본디에게 말하세요: 맘다니에 대한 공격을 중단하세요

우리의 민주주의에서는 정치적 반대자들과 토론을 해야지, 그들을 감옥에 가두거나 추방해서는 안 됩니다.

조란 맘다니는 여기에 속합니다. 그는 뉴욕시민들에게 자신의 주장을 펼치고 표를 얻었습니다. 이제 그 표는 존중받아야 합니다.

두려움으로 희망을 침묵시킬 수는 없습니다. 도널드 트럼프 대통령과 팸 본디 법무장관은 조란 맘다니에 대한 이 부끄러운 공격을 중단해야 합니다.

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