A new report from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Demos, Common Cause, and the Fair Elections Legal Network examines how organizations on the ground assist their constituents in getting ID cards. The report, “Got ID? Helping Americans Get Voter…
The National Conference on Citizenship, in partnership with the Miami University Hamilton Center for Civic Engagement, released its Ohio Civic Health Index this week. The report measures different forms of engagement, including voting, volunteerism,…
Stateline.org has released their 2012 State of the States report. The report touches on the issues and stories that will take center stage around the country in state governments this year. Included here are…
Network partners TakeAction Minnesota, League of Women Voters Minnesota, and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits have been closely tracking and reacting to the debate over a possible voter ID state constitutional amendment.TakeAction Minnesota released a report showing the money behind the…
Pew Center on the States released a new report calling for upgrades to voter registration systems across the country. Entitled, Inaccurate, Costly, and Inefficient, the report notes that 24 million registrations are either…
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The Michigan Judicial Selection Task Force released its report and recommendations this week for improving the state’s process for selecting Supreme Court Justices. The panel was co-chaired by Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Kelly and…
A new report from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Demos, Common Cause, and the Fair Elections Legal Network examines how organizations on the ground assist their constituents in getting ID cards. The report, “Got ID? Helping Americans Get Voter…
The National Conference on Citizenship, in partnership with the Miami University Hamilton Center for Civic Engagement, released its Ohio Civic Health Index this week. The report measures different forms of engagement, including voting, volunteerism,…
No Midwest Democracy Network states rank higher than 10th in a 50-state ranking of state transparency laws and corruption risk standards, and none received a higher grade than C. Michigan’s F grade ranks amongst the lowest in the country, while…
Campaign Finance Reform • Ethics in Government • Open Government
The Campaign Finance Institute has published an article in the peer-reviewed Election Law Journal called “Small Donors, Big Democracy: New York City’s Matching Funds as a Model for the Nation and States.” Michael Malbin,…
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