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Democracy in 2026: What You Should Be Watching

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Democracy in 2026: What You Should Be Watching

With the midterm elections looming, the news cycle is about to become a partisan whirlwind. The real threats to democracy – the ones that will significantly impact your life – risk getting buried in chaos.

That’s why we compiled the top 5 democracy trends Common Cause is monitoring in 2026, and what we’re doing about them.
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Great news for Tarheel voters

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Great news for Tarheel voters

A federal appeals court delivered some great news to North Carolina voters this afternoon: they’ll be able to register and vote on the same day for the mid-term election!

Mail Your Ballot Back

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Mail Your Ballot Back

Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia allow military and overseas voters (not domestic voters) to return voted ballots by email, facsimile and/or other Internet transmission; six allow Internet return for military members in “hostile fire” zones, and one – Alaska -- allows it for all absentee voters. But Internet voting is very insecure; ballots returned this way are at risk for manipulation, loss or deletion.

Know how to vote absentee!

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Know how to vote absentee!

Amid evidence that millions of Americans failed to vote in 2012 because they could not get to the polls on Election Day, Common Cause has joined a coalition of voter advocates to launch a campaign to help overseas, military, college, and other potential absentee voters secure, fill out, and mail back their ballots for the November mid-term election.

Great weekend for California voters

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Great weekend for California voters

California Common Cause scored three major victories this weekend, as Gov. Jerry Brown signed three bills to make ballot initiatives more open and transparent, boost voter turnout, and ensure every vote is counted.

International Paper Leaves ALEC

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International Paper Leaves ALEC

As Google, Facebook, and Yahoo have all announced that they are cutting ties with ALEC this week, numerous other corporations have confirmed to Common Cause they either have left the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are reevaluating their membership, or have never been members. Here are the statements we have received:

Comcast: Stop making groundless accusations

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Comcast: Stop making groundless accusations

This week Comcast derided opponents of its disastrous proposal to buy its biggest rival, Time Warner Cable, accusing us and our allies of "extortion."

5 Tech Companies That NO LONGER Fund ALEC

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5 Tech Companies That NO LONGER Fund ALEC

In the last month, tech giants Google and Microsoft have cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a secretive corporate lobbying group that pushes cookie-cutter “model bills” through state legislatures.

Google Leaves ALEC, Chairman Calls Funding Them A Mistake

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Google Leaves ALEC, Chairman Calls Funding Them A Mistake

Google Chairman Eric Schimdt distanced his company from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on Monday, calling Google’s funding of one ALEC campaign “a mistake” and declaring that “we're trying to not do that in the future.”

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