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Five Things Your Tax Dollars Could Fund Instead of an Illegal Iran War
While Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, the Trump Administration is pouring billions of dollars into an illegal war in Iran.
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Updated: A Young Voter’s Story of Confusion and Misinformation at the Polls
Peter Flynn, 17, a senior at Middletown High School in Middletown, CT, ran into a bureaucratic buzzsaw when he went to cast his first-ever vote on Tuesday
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Tarheel Tarnish: North Carolina court strips voters of their rights
A federal judge in North Carolina showed us Monday night why the protections of the Voting Rights Act are still very much needed.
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Gannett-Tribune Deal May Reduce News Coverage
The proposed purchase of Tribune Publishing by Gannett Co. is likely to reduce competition and diminish news coverage.
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Fact check on ALEC’s claims that it is not taxpayer funded
ALEC, taxpayer, corporations
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Our ‘Country Club,’ Tis of Thee?
In Evenwel, two plaintiffs from Texas scouted by Blum asked the Supreme Court to re-interpret fundamental principles of our democracy by drawing lines based on voters only, and making invisible millions of our family, friends, and neighbors who are not voters.
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Democracy Spring Day Three Focuses on Racial Justice
Protestors at the Capitol are building support for campaign finance reform
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Nebraska Legislature Sends Redistricting Reform Bill to Governor’s Desk
Today the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature passed LB 580, a bill that would create a nine-person independent citizens commission tasked with redrawing congressional and state legislative districts after each census.
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Scandals Hit the South
Amid an outbreak of ethical violations in southern states, Common Cause is pushing reforms that increase transparency of political spending, limit the amount of money candidates can accept and establish reasonable enforcement mechanisms
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Supreme Court unanimously upholds We The People: #EveryoneCounts & Everyone Deserves Representation
This morning, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down a politically-motivated activist attempt to re-write the Constitution to exclude non-voters from political representation.
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In Too Many Places, the Machinery of Our Elections Is Still Broken
In Arizona, Utah and Idaho, thousands of people stood for hours in line to vote on Tuesday
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NC A&T students speak out on campus gerrymandering
Students at NC A&T State University, the nation's largest historically black college or university, recently spoke out against new congressional voting maps that leave their campus split into two districts.
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Voting Online Feels Great…Until You Wake Up
Tuesday's online voting in the Utah Republican caucus is vulnerable to cyberattacks
