Common Cause Georgia

“Access to this information is just beyond critical because we need transparency and accountability,” said Aunna Dennis, executive director of the voting nonprofit Common Cause. “Everybody wants to see more transparency because the world is watching Georgia, the world is watching what we do with our elections, and we know that Georgia just wants to do it better.”

Georgia’s campaign donation tracking website isn’t working, won’t be fixed before November election Some candidates said the site is glitchy, unreliable and takes hours to download datasets — if it even works.

It's officially Crossover Day in the Georgia legislature! We're watching to see which bills make it past the chopping block. A few bills we're tracking: SB 414, HB 559, HB 1118, and HB 426.

The Georgia legislature just passed new voting maps. Georgia Executive Director Aunna Dennis said “The new maps—drawn unfairly and without transparency failed to fairly represent Black voters, as ordered by the court. Throughout this session, state legislators shuffled our communities to weaken our voices."

New Georgia Voting Maps Fail to Represent Black Voices “The new maps—drawn unfairly and without transparency failed to fairly represent Black voters, as ordered by the court,” said Aunna Dennis, Executive Director of Common Cause Georgia

GUILTY: Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis just pleaded guilty to lying about the 2020 election results in Georgia. "There was no widespread fraud."

Breaking: A court just ruled our case challenging Georgia's gerrymandered congressional maps can go forward! We are one step closer to securing fair maps for all Georgia voters.

Common Cause Georgia, League of Women Voters, SPLC Applaud Court’s Decision to Move Redistricting Case Forward A three-judge panel for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is allowing a case challenging Georgia’s racially gerrymandered congressional district map to move forward. The case, brought by several Georgia voters, Common Cause Georgia and the League of Women Voters of Georg...

Today's release of the special grand jury report is an important step towards transparency, and accountability, for Georgia voters.

We condemn those that would harass or threaten the special grand jurors who served our state.

The full statement from Aunna Dennis, Common Cause Georgia's executive director, is here: https://www.commoncause.org/georgia/press-release/common-cause-georgia-applauds-release-of-fulton-county-special-grand-jury-report/

HELP WANTED! Come join our team! We're looking for an organizing director in Georgia.

Details on how to apply here:
https://www.commoncause.org/organizing-director-ga/

We are looking for an Organizing Director to manage Common Cause Georgia's outreach and engagement program.

Come join us in the movement to build a democracy that works for all! 🌟
https://www.commoncause.org/organizing-director-ga/

In a new opinion piece, our Executive Director, Aunna Dennis, writes "we are suing the Federal Election Commission to get the agency to do its job and investigate" the group responsible for trying to suppress hundreds of thousands of votes in the 2021 election.

How the Federal Election Commission is undermining the integrity of our elections We know that nothing matters more in our country than “we, the people.” It’s time the Federal Election Commission is reminded of this fact.

Good morning to the Fulton County jurors who showed up this week to fulfill their civic duty. They are our fellow Georgians, they are our friends, and they are our neighbors. And they deserve to be treated with basic respect and decency.

Purported names, photos and addresses of Fulton County grand jurors circulate on far-right internet | CNN Politics Names, photographs, social media profiles and even the home addresses purportedly belonging to members of the Fulton County grand jury that this week voted to indict former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants are circulating on social media – with experts saying that some anonymous users a...

👀 Our statement on Georgia's State Election Board suing True the Vote for not answering questions about the false election conspiracy allegations the group floated during the 2020 election.

Common Cause Georgia's full statement here: https://www.commoncause.org/georgia/press-release/common-cause-georgia-statement-on-litigation-against-true-the-vote-for-false-claims/

Election deniers should NOT serve on county election boards, our executive director Aunna Dennis told Fulton Co. Commissioners today. Voters deserve better!

The board listened and voted AGAINST known election denier and disruptor Jason Frazier. 🙌

Gov. Kemp signed a law Wednesday making it a felony for local election departments to accept outside money to improve accessibility.

This, while the state legislature has failed to fund our elections at needed levels. 🤔

Our statement 👇🏽

🙌 Democracy in Action Alert!

Our incredible Democracy Fellows joined Common Cause Georgia staff at the Georgia State Capitol Monday to advocate for voting rights and the HBCU community.

DYK it's for some Georgia communities? That includes the new city of in where voters will elect a mayor and council.

Call or text us and our partners at the nonpartisan hotline if you face problems voting today!

Ready to speak up for voters? We need your help!

Common Cause Georgia members will be at the Georgia state Capitol Monday morning to let our state lawmakers know we plan on holding them accountable!

More information here on how to join us:

RVSP: Georgia 2023 Day of Action We are inviting you to join us for our 2023 Action Day where you will get a chance to talk to legislators about the issues that directly affect YOU!

Our late President, Karen Hobert Flynn, left a lasting legacy—including a team of talented leaders at Common Cause.

We’re proud that Interim Co-Presidents, Marilyn Carpinteyro and Jordan Davis will guide Common Cause during the national search for a permanent leader.

We are incredibly saddened at the loss of Common Cause's fearless leader, Karen Hobert Flynn.

Karen was a steadfast advocate for defending our voting rights here in Georgia and across this country.

Today, democracy lost one of its fiercest defenders: Karen Hobert Flynn.

A trailblazer and powerful advocate, Karen dedicated her career to reforming our government so it served everyone. May her memory give us strength as together we carry forward her legacy of fighting for a government that lives up to the ideals of its people.

Our executive director Aunna Dennis was at the Georgia legislature today speaking out against S.B. 124 on behalf of the 25,000 Common Cause members in Georgia who want local redistricting that is:

☑️ fair
☑️ transparent
☑️ protects the needs of communities historically sidelines by those in power.

George Washington warned us that “arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.”

Power belongs to We the People. Not extremist politicians.

Find out more about Common Cause's legal fight to keep checks and balances in our elections at www.mooreharper.org.

“The power of the ballot matters so much and is so critical in Georgia because people don’t realize that we are the battleground state of the south,” our executive director Aunna Dennis told the Guardian US. “Down goes Georgia, down go a lot of other states too.”

‘We’re hitting the soil’: Georgia activists mobilize voters in an off year Voting rights groups say there’s no time for complacency as restrictive laws take toll on a battleground state

BREAKING: Parts of the Georgia grand jury report on 2020 election interference by Trump and his allies have been released.

“We find by unanimous vote that no widespread fraud took place in the Georgia 2020 presidential election.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/02/13/georgia-grand-jury-trump/

👏We at Common Cause applaud Judge McBurney's decision. As our executive director Aunna Dennis said earlier, "Transparency is essential in our democracy, to reassure us that our government by, of, and for the people truly is working on our behalf."

Part of Georgia grand jury report on Trump election interference to be released Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled the report's introduction and conclusion, along with another section, will be made public Thursday.

Today we celebrate Langston Hughes, a leading writer and thinker of the Harlem Renaissance.

His work helped shape American life, literature, and politics, and was key in the movement for racial justice.

President Biden marks the 2 year anniversary of the January 6 attack on our country by awarding 12 American heroes with the Presidential Citizens Medal.

“On this day two years ago our democracy held because We The People did not flinch. We The People endured. We The People prevailed.”

Among those honored were Georgia's own Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, two election workers who faced harassment and even death threats for their work ensuring every vote was counted during the 2020 election.

We are so proud to see our fellow Georgians recognized for their bravery!

https://www.ajc.com/politics/renouncing-conspiracies-ex-trump-staffer-takes-georgia-elections-job/FYV7HJ4YDFA3BJXYJ5F6J3HBKY/

Our own Anne Gray-Herring is quoted in this The Atlanta Journal-Constitution article.

“It’s great if he had a change of heart, but we can’t let our guard down, especially now, given the position he’s in,” Herring said. “We need to make sure that this kind of harmful thinking doesn’t re-emerge and show itself in the secretary of state’s office.”

Sinners’ reformation: Ex-Trump staffer turns to Georgia elections job A mid-level Trump campaign operative who once helped fake electors in Georgia has renounced election conspiracies and become communications director for Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Robert Sinners says he now realizes that election fraud claims weren't true, and he is working to...