Todd Rowley - Our Democracy 2020
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“If elected, I will endorse, prioritize, and support:”

For The People Act Passing the For the People Act (HR 1/S 949)

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Automatic Voter Registration Making the voter registration process convenient, fair, and secure for all eligible Americans—including same-day ("Election Day") and automatic voter registration, as more than one-dozen states already have.

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Vote By Mail Ensuring all eligible Americans can have safe and accessible voting options, such as vote-by-mail, no-excuse absentee voting, and early voting.

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Restore the VRA Restoring the Voting Rights Act to prevent states and localities from passing discriminatory voting laws.

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Secure Elections Safeguarding elections from cyberattacks by requiring paper ballots for all voters and risk-limiting post-election audits.

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Re-enfranchise Incarcerated People Restoring voting rights of all persons convicted of wrongdoing after they have served their sentences (although Common Cause supports voting rights for currently incarcerated individuals, at a minimum, you support rights restoration for the previously-incarcerated).

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Spending Disclosure Strengthening disclosure requirements for campaign-related and issue ad spending, including for online advertisements, by corporations and outside groups.

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Citizen Funded Elections Creating a voluntary, non-taxpayer funded small donor matching program for congressional elections to amplify the role of small donors and enhance the voices of everyday Americans (Common Cause supports a variety of funding sources for state and local small donor systems).

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Overturn Citizens United Passing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and other court cases that have empowered the wealthy and corporate entities to unduly influence American elections.

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Presidential Tax Returns Requiring the President and Vice President to be subject to federal conflict-of-interest laws and require presidential candidates to publicly release their full tax returns for at least the three most recent taxable years.

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Executive Branch Ethics Passing reforms to 1) enhance whistleblower protections; 2) protect Inspectors General; and 3) prevent future administrations from further politicizing the executive branch.

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Supreme Court Ethics Requiring Supreme Court justices to be bound by a judicial code of ethics, as all other federal judges are.

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Impartial Redistricting Creating independent redistricting commissions, as nearly one-dozen states already have, to allow voters to choose their elected officials instead of politicians cherry-picking their voters.

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End Prison Gerrymandering Ending the practice of prison gerrymandering by requiring the Census Bureau to count incarcerated individuals as residents of their home community instead of place of incarceration.

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Restore Net Neutrality Restoring the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 net neutrality rules, which preserved and protected the open Internet, as contained in the Save the Internet Act.

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Close The Digital Divide Passing laws that strengthen investments in digital inclusion programs including affordable, robust broadband services and access to digital literacy training to ensure all communities have access to communication technologies, such as through the Digital Equity Act.

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Thank you Common Cause for this opportunity to participate in answering the Our Democracy 2020 Candidate Questionnaire. As the Democratic Nominee for PA-13, I will fight for justice and equality for every American. I believe that our economy must work for everyone, not just for big corporations and Wall Street, but for small businesses and the working class; that every child receives a high-quality education in a safe, nurturing environment; health care is a basic human right and every American has access to affordable, quality health care; diversity in our communities is a strength, not a weakness; and facts, science and the truth matter. All of these important issues and many additional issues facing our country will not be resolved without critical electoral and campaign finance reforms. Citizens must regain their trust and confidence that our government and elected representatives are working for the American people.

My commitment to the hardworking families of PA-13, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the American people is to be a representative in Congress, a voice in Washington who will have courage to speak truth to power and never use rhetoric of fear, untruths and disinformation, or hate to divide us as Americans. I will always place the interests of our country and the American people above political party, any individual political leader or personal self-interest. I will be a representative who will strive to lead our country and the American people back to our national sense of unity and our shared values of civility, decency, equality, fairness, tolerance, respect for each other and the rule of law.

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