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Nebraska Legislature Sends Redistricting Reform Bill to Governor’s Desk

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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.

Scandals Hit the South

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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

NC A&T students speak out on campus gerrymandering

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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.

The Internet Discussion We’re Not Having

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The Internet Discussion We’re Not Having

Our media are letting us down. From their mostly vapid coverage of the 2016 Presidential campaign on television to the paucity of new information on the Internet’s major “news” sites, the communications ecosystem is failing our democracy. It’s a failure that has already cost us dearly and a breakdown that will only get worse until we recognize and confront the damage that has been done. Sadly, amid the incessant hurling of personal broadsides and character assassination from many of the candidates, and the ubiquitous...

Registration Form Changes Target Student Voters

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Registration Form Changes Target Student Voters

Common Cause is challenging a federal official's approval of changes to voter registration forms used in three states.

Washington’s Wisdom: Advice to the Senate on the Supreme Court Vacancy from a Real Originalist

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Washington’s Wisdom: Advice to the Senate on the Supreme Court Vacancy from a Real Originalist

This afternoon, the United States Senate will observe one of its most hallowed traditions: the annual reading of President George Washington's farewell address, penned in 1796. Every year, a senator is assigned to read the address into the Congressional Record, and then adding his or her signature to a leather-bound book that is kept by the secretary of the Senate for posterity. This observance began during the Civil War.

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