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A century ago, instructions from several states led Congress to pass an amendment shifting the election of U.S. Senators from state legislatures to votes by the people.

This post is part of our year-in-review on the Common Blog – read more from our staff and leadership » In the public interest world, it’s not surprising that people come and go–there’s a lot of work to do and only so many people to do it. After four years, Steve Allen, executive director of Common Cause [...]

There’s more proof today that the noisy and relentless national campaign to crack down on “voter fraud” is a fraud on the voters. The website “Talking Points Memo” reports that New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran, who earlier this year directed state police to review 64,000 voter registration records she suspected were fraudulent, has now [...]

On Election Day 2010, with the polls still open, computers placed calls to 112,000 voters in predominately African-American precincts in Baltimore City and Prince George’s County with an unusual message: “Relax” and stay home. The recorded message did not identify the calls’ sponsor; essentially, it told voters that Gov. Martin O’Malley had won and they [...]