Author Archives: CCGA

Intern Insights vol. 3

Posted on July 5, 2012 by CCGA

Tweet This summer Common Cause Georgia has a brand new crop of interns. Their experience with politics ranges from never having voted to having their TV permanently set to C-SPAN. Each of our interns will be blogging throughout the summer … Continue reading →

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Intern Insights Vol. 2

Posted on July 1, 2012 by CCGA

Tweet This summer Common Cause Georgia has a brand new crop of interns. Their experience with politics ranges from never having voted to having their TV permanently set to C-SPAN. Each of our interns will be blogging throughout the summer … Continue reading →

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Intern Insights Vol. 1

Posted on June 28, 2012 by CCGA

Tweet This summer Common Cause Georgia has a brand new crop of interns. Their experience with politics ranges from never having voted to having their TV permanently set to C-SPAN. Each of our interns will be blogging throughout the summer … Continue reading →

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There’s Nothing Magical About the Facts

Posted on June 26, 2012 by CCGA

Tweet Our gift cap pledge is making great strides in a positive direction! Unfortunately, not everyone has gotten on board. Candidates have offered up reasons why they won’t sign the pledge, ranging from the fairly sensible to the pretty spurious. … Continue reading →

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A new year and new hope for Georgia

Posted on January 4, 2012 by CCGA

Tweet CCGA’s Resolutions for 2012 Convince the General Assembly to allocate more funding to the State Ethics Commission and give them back their authority. Impost a lobbyist gift cap of $100 and prevent government officials from becoming lobbyist shortly after leaving … Continue reading →

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Scarlet Letter or Equality Insurance?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by CCGA

Tweet The 1965 Voting Rights Act debate in Georgia The redistricting machine is still in motion.  Yet, as the legislature works to pass the maps drawn up in the August special session, it finds itself up against an old familiar … Continue reading →

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