Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas, a nonpartisan watchdog organization, said “with this much money flowing around the last thing you want is for it to all go to people who just happen to be politically well connected as opposed to people who are out of a job without health care or have their business shutting down.”

“Every Texan needs should be able to safely register to vote and cast their ballot whether by mail or in person,” Anthony Gutierrez, Executive Director of Common Cause Texas, said in a statement. “The way we make that happen is to use these funds to implement online voter registration, expand vote by mail, extend early voting, recruit more election workers, and ensure all poll sites meets public health safety standards.”

“Bloomberg can keep his offices open and his staff employed--all to support Biden--with Bloomberg continuing to pay for it, but the work needs to be done independently of the Biden campaign,” Paul S. Ryan of nonpartisan watchdog group Common Cause told ABC News. “In other words, Bloomberg can run a pro-Biden super PAC, using his campaign office space and campaign staff. Bloomberg's pro-Biden effort staff couldn't coordinate it's spending with the Biden campaign.”

“What Bloomberg can not do is simply merge his team and...

“Money has too much influence on our political system,” said Rey Lopez-Calderon, the executive director of California Common Cause. “Every year we see the lobbying spending increase is a year we risk disenfranchising more voters and silencing the voices of ordinary citizens.”

President Trump has been comparing the hush money payments made during his campaign to those made by John Edwards. Kristen Welker is joined by Vice President for Policy and Litigation at Common Cause, Paul Ryan, to discuss how the president’s situation compares to Edwards’ case and why that might not help him at all. Duration: 7:50

Stephen Spaulding, of the government watchdog group Common Cause, said “sometimes the appearance of corruption can be just as damaging to trust, faith and confidence in government as actual corruption.” It’s not just Menendez, Spaulding said wealthy donors buying influence is all too common in Washington, and the line between favors and bribery is murky. “And the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roberts has by no means been a beacon of clarity on that front,” Spaulding said. “The court has by and large said this kind of access and...

Pinapadali ng bagong pakete ng reporma sa pagboto ng Pennsylvania ang pagboto para sa lahat ng mga taga-Pennsylvania, kabilang ang mga mag-aaral, at pinapataas ang access sa ating demokrasya.

Maraming mga dating nakakulong ang maaaring bumoto, ngunit hindi nila ito alam. Ang pagbibigay ng mga taong babalik sa ating mga komunidad ng isang salita sa kanilang hinaharap ay nakakatulong na ilayo sila sa nakaraan. Ang Common Cause ay buong pagmamalaki na sumasali sa Campaign Legal Center sa pagsisikap na irehistro ang 25,000 mga tao na karapat-dapat na bumoto -- samahan kami sa paglikha ng pag-asa sa hinaharap at isipin ang sandali na ang mga taong tinutulungan mong irehistro ay naglagay ng sticker na "Bumoto ako" para sa unang pagkakataon.

Dalawampu't isang pangkalahatang abogado ng estado, parehong mga Demokratiko at Republikano, ay nagsulat ng isang liham na humihingi ng karagdagang pera para sa imprastraktura sa pagboto at mga pagsisikap sa integridad ng halalan.