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Here’s Why Common Cause Filed 57 Complaints Against the Trump Administration for Violating Federal Ethics Laws
When the Trump Administration started using government platforms to blame Democrats for the shutdown, we jumped into action.
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Resisting Russia’s Attacks on our Democracy
Russia is using our weak disclosure requirements and lack of corporate transparency to influence our economy and politics, according to a panel held at a Washington-based think tank held on Wednesday.
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Political Advertisers Still Breaking Online Disclosure Rules
Facebook,the social media industry leader, continues to run ads that do not provide full disclosure, the online news site ProPublica reports today..
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Panelists Press for Heightened Election Security
"Election security is national security," the president of a Washington-based think tank that has studied attacks on election systems told a forum on Monday.
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New Report Highlights Threats To Voting Systems
Voting systems across America remain dangerously vulnerable to cyberattacks, the Center for American Progress (CAP) reports in a study released today.
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Citizens Stand Up For Constitutional Rights, Block Dangerous Article V Convention Calls
Prodded by Common Cause and other democracy reform advocates, state legislators across the country are rejecting a dangerous scheme to convene a constitutional convention and potentially overhaul the nation’s founding document.
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Friday Grab Bag
A White House in chaos; a slush fund for Trump staffers, and more items in the news
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Gerrymander Gazette | February 2018
Gerrymander Gazette: February 8, 2018
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They Got In
The federal government's top cybersecurity analyst says Russian hackers penetrated some voter registration records in 2016
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Trump Is Undermining Democracy, Panel Asserts
President Trump has built a "repressive kleptocracy" that threatens major democratic institutions, a Washington forum was told Wednesday.
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Anti-Gerrymandering Plan Headed for Ohio Ballot In May
Ohioans will get to vote in May on a plan to end partisan gerrymandering and create congressional districts that give every voter a chance to elect the representative of his/her choice.
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Court Refuses Fast Track for NC Gerrymandering Challenge
The Supreme Court denied an expedited review but gerrymandering challenge is very much alive.
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Don’t Dare Call It Treason
Treason is the only crime defined in our Constitution; it doesn't include failing to applaud the president
