Senate Vacancies Should Be Filled by Special Elections, Common Cause Tells Congress

Common Cause President and CEO Bob Edgar testified Wednesday before a joint House and Senate Judiciary panel in support of a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that would require that states hold elections to fill Senate vacancies. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 11, 2009

The press release provides the news of testimony to congress, and what that testimony was.

Public financing, campaign time limits, and free access to the airwaves for filling vacancies could help advance democracy in other elections as well.

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