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Submitted by: Corie Tanida, Project Coordinator, Common Cause Hawaii On Monday, May 13, 2013 Hawaii Public Radio and Common Cause Hawaii hosted a discussion group to review the 2013 legislative session, called The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.  It was also my first day on the job as Project Coordinator for Common Cause Hawaii. [...]

Common Cause President Bob Edgar, a tireless leader for our organization and a relentless advocate for democracy, died this morning at his home outside Washington. Bob brought this organization back from the brink of financial collapse after taking charge in 2007, infusing it and its thousands of supporters with his good humor, good sense and [...]

UPDATE: (5/3/13) The House just re-passed the bill with the Senate amendments! The Governor is up next.  UPDATE: (5/2/13) We’ve made it through Third Reading in the Senate!  UPDATE: (4/19/13) The Colorado Voter Access & Modernized Elections Act passed through the Colorado House this morning. We will likely see it introduced in the Colorado Senate early [...]

(Read a recap of the hearing held by the Jont Committee on Election Laws on early voting and no-excuse absentee voting, click here.) After a successful hearing on early voting and no-excuse absentee voting two weeks ago, the Joint Committee on Election Laws reconvened last Wednesday for its second hearing of the legislative session. It heard [...]

I love North Carolina. My family and I have vacationed on its beaches pretty much every year for the past three decades. I sent my daughter to one of its superb public universities. I’m absolutely devoted to its barbeque. I’ve even learned to admire – though I can’t cheer for – Duke basketball. But I’ve [...]