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My Story as an Election Protection Volunteer

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

Musk’s DOGE is Coming For Social Security

Here’s what they’ve done so far, what might happen next, and how it might affect you.
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Tell Us: How Would the SAVE Act 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...
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Protect our Constitution: Reject any calls for an Article V Convention

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.

RFK Jr. Claims to Fight Big Money Interests—Here’s How He’s Actually Helping Them

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

Tell Congress: Reject MAGA’s attacks on our free speech

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.

Tell Congress: No guns at the polls

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

Lumina Foundation Grant Will Help Common Cause Education Fund Expand Organizing & Leadership Program For Students of Color

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...

COVID-19 Stimulus Package Provides Significant Broadband Relief to Help Connect Low-Income Households, Ignores other Democracy Reform Priorities 

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...

Public Support Helps Save OCE & It’s Time to Make Office Permanent & Expand Its Powers

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.

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