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Government Watchdog Supports New Bill to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock
Majority of Americans support a stock trading ban
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Los Alamos Daily Post: Officials And Organizations Express Condolences On Passing Of Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
Common Cause New Mexico State Director Heather Ferguson:
“He was one of the strongest Governors New Mexico ever had. While he might be remembered more for his diplomacy and the economic advances he brought to New Mexico (the film industry, the Spaceport, the Rail Runner to name a few) we remember him for his 2007 Ethics Reform Task Force. It spurred so much legislation over the subsequent decades—a Gift Ban, Public Financing of the PRC and state judicial races, limits on campaign contributions and an ethics commission. He...
“He was one of the strongest Governors New Mexico ever had. While he might be remembered more for his diplomacy and the economic advances he brought to New Mexico (the film industry, the Spaceport, the Rail Runner to name a few) we remember him for his 2007 Ethics Reform Task Force. It spurred so much legislation over the subsequent decades—a Gift Ban, Public Financing of the PRC and state judicial races, limits on campaign contributions and an ethics commission. He...
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Cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer: Rigged legislative districts boost partisanship, diminish compromise: Civil Discourse Initiative
The reform proposals that voters adopted during the last decade to stop gerrymandering were thwarted because redistricting remained in the hands of politicians, says Common Cause Ohio Executive Director Catherine Turcer.
Now, she’s supporting a new citizen initiative that would put an independent citizen commission in charge of mapmaking. She said states that redistricted through independent citizen commissions got legislative and congressional district lines that didn’t unfairly favor one party or another.
Now, she’s supporting a new citizen initiative that would put an independent citizen commission in charge of mapmaking. She said states that redistricted through independent citizen commissions got legislative and congressional district lines that didn’t unfairly favor one party or another.
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Newsday: Term-limited Bellone continues fundraising
Susan Lerner, executive director of the good government group Common Cause New York, said politicians should not hold fundraisers without declaring their intentions.
"Common Cause/NY believes that candidates must explicitly announce what office they are running for when asking donors for money - and not build up a war chest for an unknown position," she said in a statement. "New York law must change so that candidates are only able to raise money once they've announced their campaign for an intended office."
"Common Cause/NY believes that candidates must explicitly announce what office they are running for when asking donors for money - and not build up a war chest for an unknown position," she said in a statement. "New York law must change so that candidates are only able to raise money once they've announced their campaign for an intended office."
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Washington Post: Justice Thomas details jet travel, property deal with billionaire
He described Crow as a “personal friend,” according to the disclosure form, one of several from the 1990s that is no longer publicly available but was provided to The Washington Post by watchdog organizations Common Cause and Documented.
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Inside Sources/Tribune News Service (Op-Ed): How the Supreme Court Stopped a Dangerous Legislative Power Grab
When I was in the Supreme Court last December listening to oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, I was struck by Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s questions in this case that put the future of American democracy’s checks and balances at risk.
Barrett doubted that the “independent state legislature theory” should give state legislatures absolute power to write laws for federal elections without facing state judicial review. And Barrett probed repeatedly about when, if at all, the Supreme Court should intervene in state court...
Barrett doubted that the “independent state legislature theory” should give state legislatures absolute power to write laws for federal elections without facing state judicial review. And Barrett probed repeatedly about when, if at all, the Supreme Court should intervene in state court...
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New York Times: Republicans Target Wisconsin’s Election Chief for Removal, Fueled by Falsehoods
Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, a government watchdog group, said Ms. Wolfe’s removal would be a major blow to the state, which is likely to once again be a crucial battleground for the presidential race.
“The vast majority of Wisconsin’s voters and citizens can and will lose confidence and trust in our elections,” he said.
“The vast majority of Wisconsin’s voters and citizens can and will lose confidence and trust in our elections,” he said.
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San Jose Mercury News: Thought San Jose’s 2022 mayor’s race was expensive? Experts say brace yourself.
Sean McMorris, a member of government transparency nonprofit California Common Cause, said he’s unsure whether the city needs to eliminate the cap at all.
“I know that San Jose is being proactive, but it is not clear to me that the SCOTUS ruling, which pertained to federal campaign finance law and post-election fundraising, would necessarily apply to all local campaign finance laws pertaining to candidate loans or that a city cannot narrowly tailor such a law to avoid running afoul of the SCOTUS ruling,” he wrote in an...
“I know that San Jose is being proactive, but it is not clear to me that the SCOTUS ruling, which pertained to federal campaign finance law and post-election fundraising, would necessarily apply to all local campaign finance laws pertaining to candidate loans or that a city cannot narrowly tailor such a law to avoid running afoul of the SCOTUS ruling,” he wrote in an...
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Houston Public Media: Texas prepares to leave multistate compact to clean its voter rolls, without an alternative
All of this is a concern for voting rights groups. Katya Ehresman, voting rights program manager for Common Cause Texas, said its been just four years since the state attempted to purge tens of thousands of people incorrectly identified as noncitizens from the state's voter rolls. The furor over that effort helped to sink Acting Secretary of State David Whitley's bid for confirmation in the post. Ehresman noted that Keith Ingram, who served as elections director under Whitley, was appointed by current Secretary of State Jane Nelson to head the...
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Boston Globe: Carlson’s early exit renews calls for limiting early voting or using ranked-choice voting
But John M. Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, called the GOP statement “a knee-jerk reaction to what is a fairly common occurrence in elections all across the country.”
“This is not the first time a candidate has withdrawn from a race but remained on the ballot, and it won’t be the last time,” he said. “Restricting a popular and secure way for voters to vote is not the right reaction.”
In offering 20 days of early voting, Rhode Island is matching the national average in the 47...
“This is not the first time a candidate has withdrawn from a race but remained on the ballot, and it won’t be the last time,” he said. “Restricting a popular and secure way for voters to vote is not the right reaction.”
In offering 20 days of early voting, Rhode Island is matching the national average in the 47...
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Wisconsin Law Journal: Protasiewicz prohibited from hearing abortion, gerrymandering cases if impeachment commences
Jay Heck, director of Common Cause, told the Wisconsin Law Journal he believes Vos’ threat of impeachment is hypocritical.
“It’s such self-serving hypocrisy with Vos. Where was Vos in 2012 when conservatives all voted to dismiss illegal coordination with Walker and Club For Growth? It has been well documented that Walker engaged in coordination to raise money for his recall election, which was illegal. Candidates cannot coordinate with outside special interests, and the Legislature changed that in 2015, but I didn’t...
“It’s such self-serving hypocrisy with Vos. Where was Vos in 2012 when conservatives all voted to dismiss illegal coordination with Walker and Club For Growth? It has been well documented that Walker engaged in coordination to raise money for his recall election, which was illegal. Candidates cannot coordinate with outside special interests, and the Legislature changed that in 2015, but I didn’t...
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Служба новостей Public News: Федералы рассматривают вопрос о том, разрешить ли делать ставки на результаты выборов
Стивен Сполдинг, вице-президент по политике некоммерческой организации Common Cause, заявил, что спекуляции на выборах вредят демократии.
«Можно представить, как богатые игроки могли бы заработать значительные деньги, используя дезинформацию, чтобы повлиять на исход выборов и защитить прибыль игроков», — отметил Сполдинг. «Это вновь создаёт серьёзный риск для восприятия того, что победители и проигравшие на выборах определяются не избирателями, а теми, кто может получить финансовую выгоду».
Сполдинг отметил...
«Можно представить, как богатые игроки могли бы заработать значительные деньги, используя дезинформацию, чтобы повлиять на исход выборов и защитить прибыль игроков», — отметил Сполдинг. «Это вновь создаёт серьёзный риск для восприятия того, что победители и проигравшие на выборах определяются не избирателями, а теми, кто может получить финансовую выгоду».
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Новый отчет о дезинформации о выборах 2022 года заглядывает вперед в 2024 год
В то время как платформы социальных сетей резко сокращают усилия по контролю над растущей угрозой дезинформации о выборах, новый отчет Common Cause рассматривает усилия по борьбе с этой широко распространенной проблемой в 2022 году и дает предварительный обзор того, чего ожидать в 2024 году. «Под микроскопом: дезинформация о выборах в 2022 году и чему мы научились в 2024 году» рассматривает подготовку и то, что мы увидели во время промежуточных выборов, а также рассматривает, как применить полученные уроки в уже разворачивающейся гонке за Белый дом. И, наконец, отчеты указывают на существующие и предлагаемые...
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