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Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to give citizens a greater voice in California’s democracy. With the U.S. Congress gridlocked, California is leading a wave of pro-democratic reforms passed at the state and local level across the country. Senate Bill 1107, by Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, gives local governments and the state the choice to enact citizen-funded election programs. California Common Cause sponsored the bill with the California Clean Money Campaign.

With Election Day now just two months away, Common Cause released its 2016 Democracy Scorecard that charts the positions of every Member of Congress on issues vital to the health of our democracy.

A new campaign finance reform program has promise but lacks one important ingredient.

Common Cause urges Virginians to make campaign finance reform their top priority in 2017 electiions

A new report by Common Cause and other advocacy groups shows wealthy, white political donors in Chicago wield power far beyond their proportion of the city's population

Common Cause statement on the South Carolina Republican primary and the withdrawal of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush