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Target Voter Integrity Law

An article titled "Elections Bill HB1264 Has Major Flaws, Must be Paused" posted on the Indiana branch of Common Cause website dated February 16, 2024 referenced a letter spearheaded by Common Cause targeting voter integrity legislation in Indiana:

"Seventeen organizations sent a letter to Indiana State Senate leadership calling for them to not pass HB1264 – a bill that would allow checks of residency and citizenship using questionable data sources — out of committee this legislative session due to the bill’s numerous flaws..."

Points made in the letter, as summarized by Grok:

• Opposition to HB1264, urging the committee to reject the bill
• Indiana already has secure elections, ranking 50th in voter turnout in 2022
• HB1264 will make registering and voting more difficult, particularly for new and young voters
• Crosschecking voter files with BMV data will result in false matches and challenge the registrations of new citizens
• 30-day period to prove eligibility is inadequate
• Requiring proof of residence before registration is processed is a major policy change
• Contracting with credit reporting agencies raises privacy concerns and uses unreliable data
• Searching for voters registered at non-residential addresses uses inaccurate information
• HB1264 will stymie voter registration drives by nonpartisan groups
• Courts have struck down similar laws across the country
• Rushing the bill through in a short session is irresponsible and unwise

Signatories

• Julia Vaughn, Common Cause Indiana
• Ami Gandhi, Chicago Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights
• Kerwin Olson, Citizens Action Coalition
• Phil Goodchild, Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation
• Chris Chyung, Indiana Conservation Voters
• Jalyn Radziminski, Count Us Indiana
• Rev. David Green, Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis
• Ephrin Jenkins, Black Labor Week
• Shannon Anderson, Earth Charter Indiana
• Melissa Borja and Michelle Dahl, Hoosier Asian American Power
• Tracey Hutchings-Goetz, Hoosier Action
• Melissa Gruver, Vanessa Pachero, Lacey Davidson, Indiana Task Force
• Barbara Tully, Indiana Vote by Mail
• Linda Hanson, League of Women Voters of Indiana
• Chelsea McDonnel, MadVoters Indiana
• Jenn Watts, Stand Up Indiana
• Kennedy Phillips, Women for Change

Justice at State

Common Cause is named as a partner of Justice at Stake, a partnership of progressive organizations putting pressure on America's courts to advance social justice.

Common Cause National Governing Board

As of December 2012;

• Robert Reich is the Chair of the National Governing Board
• Martha Tierney is the Vice Chair.
• Archibald Cox was Chairman Emeritus.

Full List of board members:

• Ric Bainter, Attorney; Former Chair, Common Cause California, San Diego, CA
• Benjamin Barber* Distinguished Senior Fellow, Demos, New York, NY
• Craig Barnes, Esq., Author, playwright, radio host; Founder, Common Cause Colorado, Santa Fe, NM
• Olena Berg Placitas, New Mexico
• Emmet Bondurant, Sr. Partner, Bondurant, Mixson & Elsmore, Atlanta, GA
• Cornell William Brooks, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Newark, NJ
• Peter Butzin, Institute for School Innovation, Tallahassee, FL
• Gloria Rubio-Cortes, National Civic League, Denver, CO
• Dan Conley, Beacon Communications, Chicago, Illinois
• Butler Derrick, Partner, Nelson Mullins, Washington, DC
• Richard Dreyfuss, The Dreyfuss Initiative, Encinitas, CA
• Dr. Bob Edgar, President and CEO, Common Cause, Washington, DC
• Jonathan Fanton, Roosevelt House School of Public Policy, Hunter College, New York, NY
• Leonard Hill*, Leonard Hill Films, Los Angeles, CA
• William Hubbard, Center Development Corp, New York, NY
• Olga Kauffman, Director of Development & Community Affairs, Mexican American Unity Council, San Antonio, TX
• Peter Lauria*, Partner, Baker Tilly, Vienna, VA
• Marilyn Melkonian, Telesis Corporation, Washington, DC
• Lenny Mendonca, Director, McKinsey and Co., San Francisco, CA
• Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Charles M. and Marion J. Kierscht Professor of Law, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• Harold Pachios*, Managing Partner, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, Portland, ME
• Chang K. Park, Founder and President, Universal Remote Control, Armonk, NY
• Nancy Ratzan, President, National Council of Jewish Women, Miami, FL
• Robert Reich, Professor, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Patricia Schroeder, Former Member of Congress, Celebration, FL
• Richard Stanley, Chairman, The Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA
• Wes Tomer, CPA, Director, Veris Consulting, Inc. Reston, Virginia
• Martha Tierney*, Partner, Kelly, Haglund, Garnsey & Kahn, Denver, CO
• Tracy Westen, Vice-chair and CEO, Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles, CA
• Alan Wiersba, Product Manager, Oracle Corp., Redwood City, CA

Also serves on the Common Cause Education Fund Board*.

Open Letter to the Biden-Harris Administration: Treating Disinformation as an Intersectional Threat

Common Cause signed a letter spearheaded by Accountable Tech headlined Open Letter to the Biden-Harris Administration: Treating Disinformation as an Intersectional Threat urging Joe Biden to "treat disinformation as a fundamental and intersectional threat" and proposes a range of supposed remedies to suppress speech on social media platforms, create and bolster federal government agencies to deal with "disinformation" and further to actively indoctrinate Americans, particularly in public schools.