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** In 2022, Democracy Won. But We Must Stay Vigilant. ([link removed])
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In this year’s election, Americans across the country voted to strengthen our democracy through ballot initiatives ([link removed]) . Some of the ballot measures passed by communities included implementing early voting (which gives voters the opportunity to vote before Election Day) and ranked choice voting, which means more choice at the ballot box. Voters in Arizona also overwhelmingly passed the Voters’ Right to Know Act ([link removed]) , to increase transparency and shed light on the sources of secret money that are trying to influence the state’s electoral process.

As promising as these results are, we need to maintain this momentum as we head into the 2024 presidential election. Voters have a right to be informed and heard as they participate in American democracy.

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As of this publication, legislation is making its way through the Senate that will update confusing language and clarify ambiguities in the Electoral Count Act and ensure the will of voters is protected in the next presidential election. Look for an update on this important issue later this week from CLC founder and president Trevor Potter in his From the Desk of Trevor Potter email, which you cansubscribe to here ([link removed]) .
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** VICTORY: FEC ordered to take action on illegal coordination scheme ([link removed])
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The decision comes more than six years after CLC’s original complaint regarding the 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and a super PAC.

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** Democracy Decoded: The Fight to Protect the Freedom to Vote Continues ([link removed])
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In the season finale of our award-winning podcast, host Simone Leeper examines the future of voting in America with CLC’s Gilda Daniels, Aseem Mulji and Trevor Potter, plus Derek Perkinson of the National Action Network (NAN). One idea that’s catching on in a big way – the rise of state voting rights acts.

Listen to the season finale and the rest of Season Two here. ([link removed])

Related: A Closer Look at State Voting Rights Acts. ([link removed])

Democracy Decoded is part of The Democracy Group ([link removed]) , a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.
Join the fight for democracy in 2023. Explore open job opportunities at CLC. ([link removed])
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** Election 2024: How Candidates “Testing the Waters” Keep Voters In the Dark ([link removed])
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Voters have a right to know who is funding would-be presidential contenders’ campaigns to gain favor over the voices of everyday Americans.

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Here’s how candidate Donald Trump flouted campaign finance laws before announcing his run. ([link removed])
Democracy advocates Gaylon Tootle (left, wearing glasses and a name tag) and Danny Jones (right, wearing a shirt with the Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration’s logo on it).


** In Memoriam: Gaylon Tootle and Danny Jones
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This year, CLC mourned the passing of Gaylon Tootle, a disability rights advocate from Georgia who condemned his state’s push to place restrictions on the freedom to vote, and Danny Jones, a fair maps advocate in Michigan who worked tirelessly to ban the insidious, undemocratic practice of prison gerrymandering. Our thoughts are with the staff and volunteers of The National Federation of the Blind of Georgia and the Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration (MI-CEMI) who worked with Gaylon and Danny respectively. We are grateful for the attention and energy they both brought to the cause of ensuring that every voter’s voice is heard in our democracy.

Watch Gaylon Tootle discuss Georgia’s anti-voter law. ([link removed])

Read a reflection by Danny Jones about the impact of prison gerrymandering. ([link removed])
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