Posted at http://bjconline.org/CommunityNotCandidates/ We focus on #CommunityNotCandidates A diverse group of 99 religious and denominational organizations are urging Congress to maintain current law that protects houses of worship and other religious nonprofit organizations from political pressure and additional dangers that come … Continued
From the Committee of Seventy (https://www.seventy.org/): This four-question quiz from NPR is yet another example of the growing buzz around the country about the battle for fair representation in our legislatures. Hereabouts in the last few weeks, for example, a … Continued
We’re excited to announce that Nonprofit VOTE is hiring a Director of Strategic Partnerships to spearhead relations with our key national allies and help drive the work of National Voter Registration Day. The Director of Strategic Partnerships will work closely … Continued
From the Committee of Seventy (https://www.seventy.org/): When the Washington Post wrote about “crimes against geography” in 2014, U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan’s funky district, the 7th (“Goofy kicking Donald Duck”) was a prime example. But in the last week, Wilkes-Barre’s Citizens’ … Continued
From Committee of Seventy (https://www.seventy.org/): Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill, president of the National Association of Secretaries of State (Photo: The Pew Charitable Trusts) Voter fraud is “highly unusual,” National Association of Secretaries of State president Denise Merrill tells … Continued
From Committee of Seventy (https://www.seventy.org/): Counties where 2016 presidential candidates won the two-party popular vote by more than 20 percentage points (FiveThirtyEight) This FiveThirtyEight analysis puts our polarization right in your face: the only areas that aren’t colored in are … Continued
From Americans United for Separation of Church and State (http://www.au.org): Mar 8, 2017 by Maggie Garrett in Wall of Separation Today, Americans United joined a letter with 85 other non-profit organizations to voice our opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s plan to “get rid of … Continued
From Nonprofit Vote (http://www.nonprofitvote.org/): On Tuesday, March 14th, Nonprofit VOTE and the U.S. Elections Project will release America Goes to the Polls 2016: Voter Turnout in the 2016 Presidential Election. This will be the sixth release in our biennial series … Continued
Please add your name to an open letter calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to take a public stand for the full restoration of the Voting Rights Act at https://action.groundswell-mvmt.org/petitions/open-letter-to-attorney-general-sessions-join-us-in-selma-on-the-right-side-of-history. We are coming up on the 52nd Anniversary of Bloody … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/03/01/battles-multiple-states-fight-end-gerrymandering-heats Published on Wednesday, March 01, 2017 by Common Dreams SCOTUS ruling in Virginia case seen as “yet another blow against GOP’s use of racial gerrymandering to artificially inflate their power” By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer (Photo: Common … Continued