Read about how Katie Olsson got involved with Common Cause as a nonpartisan Election Protection volunteer in Michigan.

Here’s what they’ve done so far, what might happen next, and how it might affect you.

The SAVE Act is a confusing, costly, and dangerous proposal that would make it harder for millions of Americans to vote. It would eliminate online voter registration in most states and shut down the voter registration drives that many communities rely on. This bill would hit millions of Americans—including seniors, veterans, students, women, and rural voters—especially hard. We’re collecting stories from voters across the country who could be harmed by this legislation. Your experience can...

We the People will not allow unelected, unaccountable delegates to write their agenda into our Constitution. Our state lawmakers must reject any new Article V Convention calls and rescind any existing calls for a Convention.

Kennedy brands himself as an anti-corporate crusader, but his actions in the Trump Administration show otherwise.

MAGA wants to make it illegal to disagree with them – but Trump can’t make the worst of his anti-free speech dreams a reality without Congress’s help.

We expect our members of Congress to continue rejecting Trump’s anti-free speech crackdown. We are watching and ready to mobilize against any attacks on our First Amendment rights.

Every voter must be able to cast a ballot without fear or intimidation. Guns do NOT belong at polling places.

Today, the Common Cause Education Fund is pleased to announce it is a recipient of Lumina Foundation’s racial equity funding program to expand the Student Action Alliance. The Student Action Alliance is a program for students of color that is led by a team of Black millennials. The program focuses on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and students of color at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). The two-year $200,000 grant, which is part of the Lumina Foundation’s $15 million effort to help eradicate systematic...

Today, Congress released the text to an emergency $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package that includes $7 billion to increase broadband access throughout the nation. While, foregoing other needed democracy reforms present in earlier versions of pandemic relief legislation, the package specifically includes an Emergency Broadband Benefit, which provides $3.2 billion for a $50 monthly subsidy for eligible low-income households and a $75 monthly subsidy for households on Tribal lands to purchase a broadband connection. Households...

An outpouring of public support helped save the Office of Congressional Ethics from the latest effort by the House to gut its powers to hold Members accountable. Republican, Democratic and Independent voters let Members know by phone, e-mail and social media that they want more accountability– not less - from their elected representatives in Washington.