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New Millennial Voting Report Examines Opportunities & Obstacles for Generation that Now Outnumbers Baby Boomers

Today, Common Cause released a new report on youth voting trends, opportunities and obstacles faced by Millennials as they seek to make their voices heard in the 2016 election. Millennials have overtaken Baby Boomers to become the largest generation of living Americans but youth voter turnout lagged far behind their older counterparts in 2012 (38% to 63.4%).

Edit Memo: House must vote on proposed independent ethics panel

Common Cause President’s Circle

IRA or Retirement Account Giving

Redistricting Resources

From New York to Florida to Ohio to California, Common Cause has been successful in improving the redistricting process and ensuring that our communities' voices are heard in many states. Whether you've been organizing for years or you are new to redistricting, this page of resources is full of tools to help you along the way! Here are some of the keys to success across different states and campaigns.

Common Cause/NY Statement on Trump Guilty Verdict

NEW YORK, NY -- This evening, a jury in Manhattan found former President Trump guilty on 34 counts. In response, Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause/NY issued the following statement:

"This case was always about hiding key information from voters, and now a jury of the former president's peers have confirmed that he lied to the public by falsifying business records in order to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. This is a felony punishable with jail time or probation, and just like anyone else convicted of...

New York State Legislative Advocacy

When we fight, we win.

We need a REAL Supreme Court code of conduct

The Supreme Court’s weak, voluntary “code of conduct” falls short of what we need. We demand REAL, enforceable ethics standards now.

Congress must pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act and create the strongest possible code of conduct for our highest court.

Common Cause

Tell the Senate: Abolish the filibuster

I’m sick of watching overwhelmingly popular policies fall victim to one anti-democracy Senate rule: the filibuster.

Our government needs to represent us – and act in the interest of the people who voted them into power. The Senate’s minority can’t continue dictating the outcome of almost all Senate legislative business. We must immediately eliminate the filibuster.

Tell cable providers: Don’t raise our bills to fund Fox News’ lies

We cannot trust Fox News to tell the truth.

Allowing Fox News to continue profiting off disinformation and conspiracy theories – when we ALREADY know that they’ve lied to viewers about our elections – is a major mistake, and dangerous for our democracy.

We’re calling on cable providers to say no to the Fox Fee. We will not pay more in our cable bills to subsidize Fox News’ lies.

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