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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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Seven Disturbing Quotes From the Koch Summit Speeches

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Seven Disturbing Quotes From the Koch Summit Speeches

Today, The Nation and The Huffington Post published speeches from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and 3 other GOP Senate candidates, Rep. Tom Cotton (AR), state Sen. Joni Ernst (IA), and Rep. Cory Gardner (CO), at a secretive donor summit hosted in June by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch.

Reform Groups Blast Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Plan

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Reform Groups Blast Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Plan

Common Cause and more than 60 other organizations have joined forces to urge the FCC to reject Comcast's plan to merge with Time Warner Cable

Telling the FCC: Say no to merger madness

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Telling the FCC: Say no to merger madness

Comcast’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable must be stopped. Allowing the nation’s largest cable operator gobble up its next largest rival would be a disaster.

What Comes After Ferguson?

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What Comes After Ferguson?

President Miles Rapoport urges justice in Ferguson, MO and national attack on economic and political inequality that fueled violence there.

Cap Times Backs Common Cause Wisconsin’s Effort to Highlight Candidate Views on Redistricting

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Cap Times Backs Common Cause Wisconsin’s Effort to Highlight Candidate Views on Redistricting

The Capital Times published an editorial today supporting Common Cause Wisconsin’s call for candidates to make their views known on redistricting reform. Of the 99 Assembly races that will be decided in November, 52 candidates will run without major party opposition as a result of gerrymandering.

An entirely different landscape

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An entirely different landscape

Since the Supreme Court, in Shelby Co. v. Holder, eviscerated Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, a statute that for decades protected against discrimination at polling places in a number of historically-discriminating jurisdictions, states across the country – some previously covered by the act, others not – have been, in quick succession, passing and implementing legislation making it harder for many, including people of color once protected by the VRA, to cast their ballots in elections.

Florida Legislature’s Proposed Congressional Map Again Fails Minority Voters

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Florida Legislature’s Proposed Congressional Map Again Fails Minority Voters

Common Cause Florida Chair Peter Butzin criticized the Florida State Legislature’s proposed congressional map in Reuters yesterday for its continued packing of minority voters to limit their influence on surrounding districts.

Common Cause Stays Engaged as Florida Legislature Redraws Congressional Lines

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Common Cause Stays Engaged as Florida Legislature Redraws Congressional Lines

Common Cause and the League of Women Voters of Florida jointly wrote two letters to the leadership of the Florida Legislature last week during the special session called to redraw the state’s congressional districts. Judge Terry Lewis ruled that current districts violate new state constitutional provisions forbidding partisanship to be a factor in the redrawing of lines and ordered the Legislature to draw a new map by August 15.

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