Claire Snyder-Hall, giám đốc điều hành của Common Cause Delaware, một tổ chức ủng hộ chính phủ minh bạch, gọi đây là "một nỗ lực vô lý nhằm tước đoạt quyền của những chủ sở hữu bất động sản giàu có, một số người thậm chí không sống ở Delaware, trong các cuộc bầu cử thị trấn".

"Chúng ta đang chứng kiến các cuộc tấn công vào quyền tự do bỏ phiếu trên khắp cả nước, và chủ yếu là những người Cộng hòa đang cố gắng tạo ra rào cản cho việc bỏ phiếu", bà nói với Delaware Online/The News Journal. "Và đây là một cách khác để đạt được cùng một mục đích, đúng không?

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“As written, the bill does not clearly define ‘good cause’ and that is a serious problem that could easily throw our elections into chaos,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas, a group aiming to keep elections free, fair and accessible.

The Supreme Court cannot be its own referee. Justices have tried and failed repeatedly at that. We should expect all public officials to abide by high ethical standards when conducting the people’s business -- with no exceptions.

The lifting of bans on former president Trump by Twitter and Facebook hammers home the point that there is little interest from social media platforms in combating election disinformation. The platforms are scaling back content moderation at a time when consistent enforcement of civic integrity policies can be most impactful. The next year is pivotal, not just in state legislatures but for people's attitudes toward democracy and the information they receive about it.

“It’s been helpful and necessary in making sure that our administration of elections is more safe and secure,” said Katya Ehresman, the voting rights program manager at Common Cause Texas.

But some Republicans say Texas should no longer be a member of this group. A bill by Houston-area Rep. Jacey Jetton would put an expiration date on the state’s participation in ERIC. Texas would need to create its own alternative cross-check program. Ehresman said other states, such as Kansas and Florida, that have left ERIC have seen...

At the height of the Watergate crisis, the Department of Justice determined that the indictment or criminal prosecution of a sitting president “would unconstitutionally undermine the capacity of the executive branch to perform its constitutionally assigned functions.” That policy has not changed, but that is not the policy for candidates for the nation’s highest office. Running for president cannot and must not serve as a shield to allow criminal conduct to go unpunished.

Anne Gray Herring of Common Cause Georgia said SB 222 creates another deterrent for counties already struggling to recruit and retain election workers.

"Our county elections offices are already overburdened and underfunded," Gray Herring said. "This would cut off one of the few remaining means to receive additional funding and prohibit boards of commissioners from choosing to allocate funds to their county elections offices when they identify a need. The county governing authority should have the discretion to provide additional...

The government accountability group Common Cause Texas called the move "another attempt to scare voters away from the ballot box by sewing doubt in the integrity of our elections."

"Either this is a hasty move in response to partisan pressure, which should be discouraged from the Secretary of State's office, or it is a deceitful omission that should be looked at skeptically," Katya Ehresman, voting rights program manager for the organization said in a news release. "Texas should focus on strengthening the security of our...

"Cách Thượng viện xử lý đề cử này, từ đầu đến cuối, thật đáng buồn, tồi tệ và đáng xấu hổ. Và cách họ đối xử với bà Sohn là một sự vi phạm đáng khinh bỉ về nghĩa vụ và danh dự. Chắc chắn là một chiến thắng cho những nhóm lợi ích đặc biệt chi tiêu mạnh tay, nhưng lại là một mất mát bi thảm cho lợi ích chung", cựu chủ tịch FCC Michael Copps viết. Ông hiện đang làm việc cho nhóm vận động Common Cause.

We know those who penned our Constitution in 1787 were unequivocal about the importance of putting checks and balances into every level of government and vesting power in the people. It was essential to the Founders to guard against any one person, group or political party seizing control in a way that undermines public will.

If our Supreme Court justices ignore 250-plus years of legal precedent, they’ll also be setting the stage for election pandemonium: One set of rules for state and local elections and another for...