Election Security

We deserve to know that our votes are accurately counted and protected from sophisticated cyber attacks. Common Cause is pushing for reforms that make our elections even more secure.

The integrity of our voting system is important to all of us, and we can always do more to make sure ballots nationwide are counted as cast. The most effective election security solutions include:

  • Retiring old and outdated voting machines and upgrading the technology we use
  • Moving toward using paper ballots in every state
  • Requiring risk-limiting, post-election audits of ballots to confirm that reported election results are accurate
  • Ensuring paper back-ups of our voter registration databases and electronic voter rolls
  • Eliminating the use of online voting

We are working with election officials and administrators at the national, state, and local levels to implement these common sense election security measures to safeguard our elections.

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Events


2024 Champions of Democracy Celebration

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2024 Champions of Democracy Celebration

Join us for our biggest event of the year, the Champions of Democracy Celebration and Annual Meeting. This year in addition to celebrating our awardees, we will have special remarks by new Common Cause national president Virginia Kase Solomón on the state of our democracy.


The Guild, 461 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 US
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm EDT

Press

May 16th Newsmakers Round Table

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May 16th Newsmakers Round Table

John Marion, executive director of Common Cause RI, participates in WPRI 12 News' round table to discuss a variety of issues.

R.I. Official says GOP Senate Candidate is spreading “misinformation” about voter data

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R.I. Official says GOP Senate Candidate is spreading “misinformation” about voter data

Republican Representative Patricia Morgan argues that the Election Registration Information Center, used by various states to update and clean up voter rolls, is stealing Rhode Islanders’ information from the DMV and selling it to other private companies. Deputy Secretary of State Rob Rock accused Morgan of spreading “misinformation” to voters ahead of a critical election cycle.

Rhode Island Legislation Targets Deepfakes in Elections

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Rhode Island Legislation Targets Deepfakes in Elections

State legislators are sponsoring legislation regulating “deepfakes” or fabricated media in any election communications unless it is disclosed that it was created with artificial intelligence (AI). There is concern from the RI ACLU that this could limit free speech under the First Amendment, but the legislation is backed by the think tank Public Citizen.

John Marion

John Marion

Executive Director

Common Cause Rhode Island

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