Ref. Mat. C - Common Cause: Current Issues

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Common Cause works with our members and activists and in coalition with other advocacy organizations to make government more accountable to the people. We have been engaged in a wide range of issues for more than thirty years, succeeding in many reforms and today keeping up the fight to make government open and accountable.

Common Cause has led successful efforts for campaign finance reforms, ethics and accountability in government, and open government at the national, state and local levels. We joined with coalitions fighting for civil rights legislation, ending wasteful weapons programs and working for reforms to our nation’s system of voting.

Right now, we are working on several fronts to:

· Increase the diversity of voices and ownership in media, to make media more responsive to the needs of citizens in a democracy and to protect the editorial independence of public broadcasting ,

· Advance campaign reforms that make people and ideas more important than money ,

· Make certain that government is open, ethical and accountable ,

· Remove barriers to voting and ensure that our voting systems are accurate and accessible ,

· Increase participation in the political process ,

· Make certain that our government is held accountable for the costs, in lives and money, for the invasion of Iraq .