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Government Watchdog Supports New Bill to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock
Majority of Americans support a stock trading ban
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Liên hệ phương tiện truyền thông
Katie Scally
Giám đốc truyền thông
kscally@commoncause.org
202-736-5713
Ariana Marmolejo
Chiến lược gia truyền thông
amarmolejo@commoncause.org
Kenny Colston
Chuyên gia chiến lược truyền thông khu vực (Midwest)
kcolston@commoncause.org
Maya Majikas
Chiến lược gia truyền thông
mmajikas@commoncause.org
Mạng lưới các chuyên gia cải cách dân chủ cấp quốc gia và tiểu bang của Common Cause là những nhà bình luận truyền thông thường xuyên. Để nói chuyện với một trong những chuyên gia của chúng tôi, vui lòng liên hệ với bất kỳ thành viên nào trong nhóm báo chí ở trên.
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Los Alamos Daily Post: Officials And Organizations Express Condolences On Passing Of Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
Common Cause New Mexico State Director Heather Ferguson:
“He was one of the strongest Governors New Mexico ever had. While he might be remembered more for his diplomacy and the economic advances he brought to New Mexico (the film industry, the Spaceport, the Rail Runner to name a few) we remember him for his 2007 Ethics Reform Task Force. It spurred so much legislation over the subsequent decades—a Gift Ban, Public Financing of the PRC and state judicial races, limits on campaign contributions and an ethics commission. He...
“He was one of the strongest Governors New Mexico ever had. While he might be remembered more for his diplomacy and the economic advances he brought to New Mexico (the film industry, the Spaceport, the Rail Runner to name a few) we remember him for his 2007 Ethics Reform Task Force. It spurred so much legislation over the subsequent decades—a Gift Ban, Public Financing of the PRC and state judicial races, limits on campaign contributions and an ethics commission. He...
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Cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer: Các khu vực lập pháp gian lận thúc đẩy tính đảng phái, làm giảm sự thỏa hiệp: Sáng kiến Diễn ngôn Dân sự
Giám đốc điều hành của Common Cause Ohio, Catherine Turcer, cho biết các đề xuất cải cách mà cử tri thông qua trong thập kỷ qua nhằm chấm dứt tình trạng phân chia lại khu vực bầu cử đã bị cản trở vì việc phân chia lại khu vực bầu cử vẫn nằm trong tay các chính trị gia.
Hiện tại, bà đang ủng hộ một sáng kiến công dân mới, theo đó một ủy ban công dân độc lập sẽ phụ trách việc lập bản đồ. Bà cho biết các tiểu bang được phân chia lại khu vực bầu cử thông qua các ủy ban công dân độc lập sẽ có được ranh giới khu vực bầu cử lập pháp và quốc hội không thiên vị một cách bất công cho đảng này hay đảng khác.
Hiện tại, bà đang ủng hộ một sáng kiến công dân mới, theo đó một ủy ban công dân độc lập sẽ phụ trách việc lập bản đồ. Bà cho biết các tiểu bang được phân chia lại khu vực bầu cử thông qua các ủy ban công dân độc lập sẽ có được ranh giới khu vực bầu cử lập pháp và quốc hội không thiên vị một cách bất công cho đảng này hay đảng khác.
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Newsday: Term-limited Bellone continues fundraising
Susan Lerner, executive director of the good government group Common Cause New York, said politicians should not hold fundraisers without declaring their intentions.
"Common Cause/NY believes that candidates must explicitly announce what office they are running for when asking donors for money - and not build up a war chest for an unknown position," she said in a statement. "New York law must change so that candidates are only able to raise money once they've announced their campaign for an intended office."
"Common Cause/NY believes that candidates must explicitly announce what office they are running for when asking donors for money - and not build up a war chest for an unknown position," she said in a statement. "New York law must change so that candidates are only able to raise money once they've announced their campaign for an intended office."
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Washington Post: Thẩm phán Thomas kể chi tiết về chuyến bay phản lực, thỏa thuận bất động sản với tỷ phú
Theo bản tiết lộ, ông mô tả Crow là một "người bạn thân", một trong số nhiều người bạn từ những năm 1990 hiện không còn được công khai nhưng đã được các tổ chức giám sát Common Cause và Documented cung cấp cho The Washington Post.
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Inside Sources/Tribune News Service (Op-Ed): How the Supreme Court Stopped a Dangerous Legislative Power Grab
When I was in the Supreme Court last December listening to oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, I was struck by Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s questions in this case that put the future of American democracy’s checks and balances at risk.
Barrett doubted that the “independent state legislature theory” should give state legislatures absolute power to write laws for federal elections without facing state judicial review. And Barrett probed repeatedly about when, if at all, the Supreme Court should intervene in state court...
Barrett doubted that the “independent state legislature theory” should give state legislatures absolute power to write laws for federal elections without facing state judicial review. And Barrett probed repeatedly about when, if at all, the Supreme Court should intervene in state court...
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New York Times: Republicans Target Wisconsin’s Election Chief for Removal, Fueled by Falsehoods
Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, a government watchdog group, said Ms. Wolfe’s removal would be a major blow to the state, which is likely to once again be a crucial battleground for the presidential race.
“The vast majority of Wisconsin’s voters and citizens can and will lose confidence and trust in our elections,” he said.
“The vast majority of Wisconsin’s voters and citizens can and will lose confidence and trust in our elections,” he said.
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San Jose Mercury News: Thought San Jose’s 2022 mayor’s race was expensive? Experts say brace yourself.
Sean McMorris, a member of government transparency nonprofit California Common Cause, said he’s unsure whether the city needs to eliminate the cap at all.
“I know that San Jose is being proactive, but it is not clear to me that the SCOTUS ruling, which pertained to federal campaign finance law and post-election fundraising, would necessarily apply to all local campaign finance laws pertaining to candidate loans or that a city cannot narrowly tailor such a law to avoid running afoul of the SCOTUS ruling,” he wrote in an...
“I know that San Jose is being proactive, but it is not clear to me that the SCOTUS ruling, which pertained to federal campaign finance law and post-election fundraising, would necessarily apply to all local campaign finance laws pertaining to candidate loans or that a city cannot narrowly tailor such a law to avoid running afoul of the SCOTUS ruling,” he wrote in an...
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Houston Public Media: Texas prepares to leave multistate compact to clean its voter rolls, without an alternative
All of this is a concern for voting rights groups. Katya Ehresman, voting rights program manager for Common Cause Texas, said its been just four years since the state attempted to purge tens of thousands of people incorrectly identified as noncitizens from the state's voter rolls. The furor over that effort helped to sink Acting Secretary of State David Whitley's bid for confirmation in the post. Ehresman noted that Keith Ingram, who served as elections director under Whitley, was appointed by current Secretary of State Jane Nelson to head the...
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Boston Globe: Carlson’s early exit renews calls for limiting early voting or using ranked-choice voting
But John M. Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, called the GOP statement “a knee-jerk reaction to what is a fairly common occurrence in elections all across the country.”
“This is not the first time a candidate has withdrawn from a race but remained on the ballot, and it won’t be the last time,” he said. “Restricting a popular and secure way for voters to vote is not the right reaction.”
In offering 20 days of early voting, Rhode Island is matching the national average in the 47...
“This is not the first time a candidate has withdrawn from a race but remained on the ballot, and it won’t be the last time,” he said. “Restricting a popular and secure way for voters to vote is not the right reaction.”
In offering 20 days of early voting, Rhode Island is matching the national average in the 47...
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Wisconsin Law Journal: Protasiewicz prohibited from hearing abortion, gerrymandering cases if impeachment commences
Jay Heck, director of Common Cause, told the Wisconsin Law Journal he believes Vos’ threat of impeachment is hypocritical.
“It’s such self-serving hypocrisy with Vos. Where was Vos in 2012 when conservatives all voted to dismiss illegal coordination with Walker and Club For Growth? It has been well documented that Walker engaged in coordination to raise money for his recall election, which was illegal. Candidates cannot coordinate with outside special interests, and the Legislature changed that in 2015, but I didn’t...
“It’s such self-serving hypocrisy with Vos. Where was Vos in 2012 when conservatives all voted to dismiss illegal coordination with Walker and Club For Growth? It has been well documented that Walker engaged in coordination to raise money for his recall election, which was illegal. Candidates cannot coordinate with outside special interests, and the Legislature changed that in 2015, but I didn’t...
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Public News Service: Feds Consider Whether to Allow Betting on Election Outcomes
Stephen Spaulding, vice president of policy for the nonprofit Common Cause, said gambling on elections is bad for democracy.
"You can imagine wealthy gamblers could make significant money by exploiting disinformation to influence an electoral outcome that would protect the bettors' bottom line," Spaulding pointed out. "This again opens up a significant risk to the perception that the winners and losers of an election are not determined by voters, but by those who stand to gain financially."
Spaulding noted the...
"You can imagine wealthy gamblers could make significant money by exploiting disinformation to influence an electoral outcome that would protect the bettors' bottom line," Spaulding pointed out. "This again opens up a significant risk to the perception that the winners and losers of an election are not determined by voters, but by those who stand to gain financially."
Spaulding noted the...
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