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Local Officeholders are Under Threat Urgency is growing to protect elections at all levels A new Brennan Center for Justice report “Intimidation of State and Local Officeholders: The Threat to Democracy” details staggering findings from surveys administered in October 2023 regarding the continued trends of threats and abuse directed at state and local election administrators….

And so it begins… We are not only living in historic times. We are creating them. It’s not something we asked for and most of us would prefer to get off center stage. But here we are, most of us just living our lives and some not even aware that we are playing a role in…

Social Media Influencers Would be Required to Report Being Paid to Create or Post Political Ads Proposed rule is open for public comment; next TEC meeting scheduled for June 17-18, 2024 At its March 2024 meeting, the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) proposed an amendment to Texas’ rules that would require social media users to disclose…

Submitted by U.S. Rep Terri Sewell (D-AL) 9-16-23 To preserve our democracy, and ensure every person can exercise their right to vote This is a very big deal, friends. For decades, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) was a critical check against anti-democratic efforts to silence and suppress the voices of millions of voters…

Clean Elections Texas Reflects on Citizens United Looking back on fourteen years of corruption January 2024 marks the fourteenth anniversary of Citizens United, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that opened the door for unprecedented political spending by corporate lobbies, dark money groups, and mega donors. Clean Elections Texas was founded during that same year. Throughout…