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HR1

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National voter registration and mail-in voting standards

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  • each state must have an automatic voter registration system (with opt out)
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  • government responsibility to keep that information up-to-date
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  • same day voter registration at early voting or Election Day
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  • Minimum 15 days of early voting for federal elections, at least 10 hours a day with at least some time before 9 AM and after 5 PM
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  • Limitations on how voter rolls can be purged
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  • states required to allow no-excuse absentee voting
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Nonpartisan redistricting commissions

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  • each state must use independent commissions to approve congressional districts. Commissions made up of 5 Dems, 5 Reps, 5 Independents.
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Campaign finance law changes

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  • super PACs and other groups disclose their donors publicly
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  • a public funding match for small-dollar donations, financed by fees from corporations paying penalties
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  • Facebook and Twitter report source and amount of money spent on political ads
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Ethics rules for public servants

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  • create ethics code for Supreme Court justices
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  • stop allowing congressperson to use taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment / discrimination lawsuit
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  • more oversight on lobbyists and foreign agents
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Presidential candidates must disclose tax returns

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References

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