For a state formerly known as “Corrupticut,” Connecticut has become a national leader in clean, transparent elections with its model public financing program, the Citizens’ Election Program (CEP).

The case for an independent commission to investigate Russia’s interference in last year’s election, perhaps including “wise men” (and women) like Colin Powell, Sandra Day O’Connor, George Mitchell, and Jimmy Carter, plus a special prosecutor, is getting stronger by the hour.

The Wall Street Journal offers a timely and sobering account of the painfully inadequate broadband many of our schools rely on.

Miles Rapoport got a big send-off Sunday from his home state of Connecticut, where he has lived for decades and served as a state legislator and secretary of the state before joining Common Cause as its new president earlier this month.

Si Stephen Spaulding, bise presidente ng patakaran sa mabuting grupo ng pamahalaan na Common Cause, ay nagsabi sa The Daily Beast na ang relasyon ni Sheehy-Zinke—na binubuo ng mga malalaking kontribusyon sa kampanya, mga pederal na kontrata, at paborableng batas—ay ang eksaktong uri ng "masamang halo" na nagbibigay mga botante ang impresyon na ang mga inihalal na opisyal ay naglalagay ng pera ng kumpanya kaysa sa pampublikong interes.

Ang mga Amerikano, sabi ni Spaulding, ay "tama na pinatay" ng gayong mga relasyon.

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Cheri Quickmire, executive director of the voter advocacy and election watchdog organization Common Cause in Connecticut, says the primary will be a test for Trump supporters and mainstream Republicans. "I don’t think he should be on the ballot," Quickmire said of DiGiovanni. "I think anyone who participated in an insurrection against the U.S. government should be disqualified."

While Connecticut conservatives haven’t been so bold as elected officials in red states, their enrollment in the Facebook groups indicates the need for more public vigilance, said Cheri Quickmire, executive director of the election watchdog Common Cause in Connecticut.

“Extremism isn’t only in certain states like Florida and Arkansas, but it’s alive in Connecticut,” Quickmire said Friday while reviewing the report. “I find this disturbing.” She recalled the controversy last year over the teaching of American...

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Trump thought Democrats would cave if he shut down the government. But with your help, we’re proving him wrong. Common Cause members have made thousands of calls urging Democrats to refuse to write Trump the blank check he’s demanding. And it’s working, with seven Senate Democrats voting differently than they did in March – and nearly every Senate Democrat rejecting Trump’s budget. That’s no small thing. But Trump is betting the longer this drags on,...