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With Absentee Voting on the Rise, Advocates Launch New Tool to Help Voters Request Absentee Ballots, Get Votes Counted

A new tool is available to help overseas voters get and cast their absentee ballots

HR 2239, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002

Buoyed by Judge’s Ruling, Common Cause Urges Pennsylvania to Help Voters Get Proper ID

Congress rejects measure to help struggling families amid shower of special interest money

Obama’s broadband expansion plan done right will help Americans gain access

Presidential candidates should help break Senate deadlock over FEC nominations

Austin American-Statesman (Op-Ed): Fair redistricting can help keep lawmakers accountable to the people

This is our year to flip the script and make sure we the people drive this process, not the politicians.


That’s why it’s critical that we the people have a say in how our maps are drawn. When the people are prioritized in our democracy, we will have certainty that maps are drawn to benefit us, not the politicians. State legislators must give us ample opportunity to review the maps, weigh in with our own thoughts, and voice our feedback. State legislators should outline an accessible process for multiple statewide...

NPR (AUDIO): Voting Rights Groups Help Americans ‘Cure’ Rejected Ballots

PAM FESSLER, BYLINE: Dana Abelson spent hours this week calling voters in Florida whose ballots are about to be rejected.

DANA ABELSON: Hi. Is Chandramani there? This is Dana. I'm a nonpartisan volunteer with Common Cause. And I was just calling because it seems like your mail-in ballot might have had a problem with the signature.

Salon: Trump’s plot to steal the election can be defeated: Here are five things you can do to help

"A lot of people don't have faith in the system for obvious reasons, but there is a constitutional process that will take place," regardless of what bad actors may insinuate, Sylvia Albert, the director of voting and elections at Common Cause, told Salon. 

 "The most important thing voters can do right now is make a plan and make sure that their vote counts," Albert said, explaining that voters need to check their registration now and not wait until it's too late. 

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투표권 단체인 Common Cause의 투표 및 선거 책임자인 실비아 앨버트는 총선을 어떻게 실시할 것인지에 대한 결정은 지금 당장 내려져야 한다고 말했습니다.

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