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Providence Journal: Việc tiếp cận hồ sơ công khai là một vấn đề trong vụ đóng cầu. Liệu điều đó có giúp cải cách được thông qua không?

"Đây là ví dụ hoàn hảo về việc vì lợi ích công cộng", John Marion Jr., giám đốc điều hành của Common Cause Rhode Island, cho biết hôm thứ năm về các email liên quan đến Cầu Washington.

Sacramento Bee/Yahoo! News (Bài bình luận): Đạo luật Lựa chọn của cử tri California đã giúp đạt được điều gì?

Mặc dù Đạo luật Lựa chọn của cử tri không bao giờ được coi là giải pháp tối ưu cho mọi thách thức về bỏ phiếu mà California phải đối mặt, nhưng có một điều rất rõ ràng: Luật này là một cải cách đáng được xem xét lại và tái đầu tư, đồng thời vẫn hứa hẹn mở rộng quyền tham gia bầu cử trên toàn tiểu bang và nhiều nhóm bỏ phiếu.

Associated Press: 6 charged in alleged straw donor scheme to help get Eric Adams elected New York City mayor

Susan Lerner, the executive director of the watchdog group Common Cause New York, said it was too soon to know if Adams had acted improperly. But she said the indictment was evidence that the city’s public financing system was working as intended.

“The campaign finance system we have in New York City deliberately makes it harder for people who want to buy influence,” Lerner said. “The lesson here is do not try to game the system because you will be caught.”

NPR: Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states

State courts have become the battleground for partisan gerrymandering after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2019 ruling in the case known as Rucho v. Common Cause.

"For several decades, people in the states had held out hope that the Supreme Court would lay down a standard for finding that partisan gerrymandering had happened and potentially overruling maps where that kind of vote rigging had happened," says Kathay Feng, vice president of programs at Common Cause, the advocacy group that has also helped lead the ongoing case...

New York Times: Michael Bloomberg Has Found a New $5 Million Cause: Helping Hochul

“Its most immediate impact is that it adds to cynicism among voters,” said Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York. “The more money that floods into our system, the more people feel like their interests aren’t heard.”

Indianapolis Star: 'Lợi nhuận bất ngờ': Các nhà lập pháp xây dựng nhà ở đệ trình dự luật để giúp ngành của họ

"Về mặt kỹ thuật, điều này không vi phạm đạo đức, nhưng về mặt kỹ thuật, nó không vi phạm các quy tắc mà họ tự đặt ra, nhưng nó vẫn tạo ra vẻ ngoài không phù hợp", Julia Vaughn, giám đốc điều hành của Common Cause Indiana, cho biết. "Điều đó gây tổn hại cho tổ chức khi mọi người nghĩ rằng các nhà lập pháp chỉ muốn bảo vệ lợi ích tài chính của họ."

Washington Post: Election officials fear counting delays will help fuel claims of fraud

“I expect to see what we saw in 2020,” said Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections for Common Cause, a nonpartisan voter education and advocacy group. “Election officials will be counting votes, some results will come in late and bad actors will be trying to play political games to undermine people’s confidence in the outcome.”

Reuters: Outside allies help Republican U.S. Senate candidates close gap with Democrats

"Outside groups are making up the difference," said Aaron Scherb, a lobbyist on campaign finance and election issues for Common Cause, a watchdog group that advocates for increasing transparency in campaign finance.

Boston Globe: Helping people discover their power through civic education

How does a community like Homewood, Pennsylvania, address the lead in the soil that’s harming children or the proliferation of vacant lots? Khalif Ali, executive director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, a nonpartisan organization that serves as a watchdog against corruption and voter suppression for Pennsylvanians, says it starts with creating civically oriented spaces where people can learn about the democratic process and unite with others experiencing the same struggles.

He came to understand this long ago: His drive for...

Los Angeles Times: Garcetti’s India nomination has stalled. So his parents hired lobbyists to help him

Many Washington, D.C., lobbying firms have a minimum monthly retainer of $10,000 or $15,000, but some firms charge $50,000 a month, or occasionally more, said Beth Rotman, director of money in politics and ethics at Common Cause, a good-government organization.

She likened Garcetti’s parents to a couple that shells out to get their child into a top school.

“It’s a bit like when the parents hire the most expensive coach they can find to get them into the most expensive university,” Rotman said. ...

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