Jacob OglesApril 7, 2022
4min0
Allen Winsor worked as counsel to the Florida House last redistricting cycle.
Tag: Common Cause Florida
Jacob OglesApril 7, 2022Jacob OglesMarch 30, 20225min0
The judge represented the Florida House on redistricting issues a decade ago.
Associated PressNovember 4, 2020
8min462
Florida is the election model. What could be more 2020?
Jacob OglesMay 20, 2020
5min646
Florida hasn't fully accessed CARES Act funding.
Jacob OglesMarch 24, 2020
4min583
Opponents argue the legislation makes it harder to get an issue on the ballot.
Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018
4min286
A second lawsuit has been filed seeking to force Florida authorities to extend the voter registration deadline further in counties being hit by Hurricane Michael, this time brought by a coalition of groups. Common Cause Florida, New Florida Majority Education Fund and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund filed suit in U.S. District Court in Tallahassee […]
Scott PowersApril 17, 2018
5min453
Warning that Florida may be in violation of the Federal Voting Rights Act, state Sen. Victor Torres on Tuesday led a group of eight mostly-Hispanic Democratic lawmakers in urging Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner to respond to reports that some Florida counties are not providing Spanish-language elections materials. Torres and the others wrote to […]
Michael MolineMay 15, 2017
5min570
Proposed rules for the Constitution Revision Commission could let members deliberate in secret, limit public participation, bottle up ideas in committee, or bog down debating proposals with little support, government watchdog groups warned Monday. Sixteen organizations, including the League of Women Voters, Common Cause, Florida Consumer Action Network, and unions, including Florida AFL-CIO, critiqued the […]
Les NeuhausMarch 29, 2017
9min254
Legislation intended as a “what if’ scenario for potential snags in future political redistricting received a fair amount of blowback from several House committee members. Nevertheless, the House Public Integrity and Ethics Committee passed the bill Wednesday. HB 953, sponsored by Rep. Larry Ahern, received a thorough level of skepticism and interrogation due to a […]
Mitch PerryJune 8, 20165min317
There are now calls for an independent investigation into Pam Bondi‘s decision not to investigate consumer complaints against Trump University, the for-profit education company created by Donald Trump that ran a real estate training program from 2005 until at least 2010 — and not just from Democrats. “Attorney General Pam Bondi owes Floridians a full accounting of […]