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26-475: NYRA is an abbreviation for the following groups: National Youth Rights Association , a United States youth rights organization New York Racing Association , The NY State franchisee which runs racing operations at three New York State Thoroughbred racecourses; Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga Racecourse. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

52-622: A bill lowering the drinking age to 18. They visited numerous colleges and signed up over 2000 new supporters. They participated in a debate at the Vermont state house, and the event was significantly covered by the media. Meanwhile, in Washington state, a new chapter in Olympia, Washington , testified in support of a state constitutional amendment to lower the state's voting age to sixteen. From February to August 2006, President Adam King led

78-469: A constitutional convention could conceivably overturn the controversial Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC and limit the role of money in politics (as advocated by groups such as Wolf PAC ), Common Cause suggests that the risk of a runaway convention is too great because "state legislatures, the majority of which are controlled by Republicans, would likely control the agenda at

104-569: A constitutional convention" and as a result it is extremely unlikely "that a convention controlled by those legislatures would really do anything productive on money in politics, on voting rights, on democracy in general". Any amendments would need to be ratified by three-quarters of the states. Common Cause lobbied Congress to pass the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, requiring government officials to disclose their finances and restricting

130-662: A lawsuit in North Carolina challenging the constitutionality of district maps. The organization's North Carolina chapter has led a campaign to create a nonpartisan redistricting process, which has bipartisan support in the state. Common Cause is also challenging redistricting in Democratic-controlled states, such as Maryland. Common Cause advocates a voter-verified paper audit trail for election machines in all states. The organization has documented complaints about electronic voting machines . Common Cause

156-654: A local campaign to add a nonvoting student adviser onto the Buncombe County (N.C.) Board of Education. His project had the support of the Asheville Citizen-Times and over 60 faculty members and administrators at his high school. However, in August, the Board of Education rejected his proposal citing that they already had sufficient student input. During his campaign, King made several appearances in

182-642: Is a 501(c)(3) organization registered as a nonprofit corporation in Maryland. It is governed by Margin Zheng & Ashawn Dabney-Small President & Vice-President of NYRA. Common Cause Common Cause is a watchdog group based in Washington, D.C. , with chapters in 35 states. It was founded in 1970 by John W. Gardner , a Republican, who was the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in

208-454: Is identified with the reformist " good government " movement and is often described as a watchdog group . The organization's tagline is "holding power accountable" and its stated mission is "upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in

234-550: Is in favor of establishing a national popular vote for presidential elections to replace the current electoral college system. Following the November 2016 U.S. presidential election, Common Cause called for the National Popular Vote Compact to counteract what it called the "anti-democratic" outcome in that election. Common Cause is partner organization of VoteRiders . Karen Hobert Flynn became

260-578: The 2016 presidential election . The organization has been outspoken about the potential conflicts of interest from Trump's businesses and called for Trump to put his assets into a blind trust instead of handing over control of his businesses to his children. In 1972, Common Cause sued President Richard Nixon 's re-election campaign, the Committee for the Re-Election of the President , under

286-737: The Federal Corrupt Practices Act in an attempt to force Nixon's campaign to report early campaign contributions. The lawsuit forced the disclosure of the names of several Nixon donors. In 1974, Common Cause supported passage of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), encompassing public financing of presidential campaigns and oversight of campaign ethics through the Federal Election Commission . Common Cause has advocated public financing of elections in order to decrease

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312-537: The Internet in 1991, with the creation of the Y-Rights listserv mailing list. Two members of that original Internet presence, Matthew Walcoff and Matt Herman, began a non-profit organization out of that mailing list known as ASFAR. Not too long after ASFAR was founded, a Rockville, Maryland high school student began a youth rights group called YouthSpeak. At the same time, the third youth from Canada, Joshua Gilbert,

338-599: The youth rights movement , to "live free, start young." In 2009, NYRA began to take prominent legal action and assert itself as a force for youth and students in jurisprudence . The organization filed its first joint amicus curiae brief in Safford v. Redding , a student rights case brought before the United States Supreme Court, its President published an opinion opposing the Barr et al. v. Lafon case in

364-426: The " revolving door " between government and business. In 1989, they lobbied for passage of a new Ethics in Government Act, which ended special-interest honoraria for members of Congress and closed a loophole that allowed members to convert campaign funds to personal use. The organization's efforts led to ethics probes and the resignations of House Speakers Jim Wright in 1988 and Newt Gingrich in 1995. During

390-551: The 2016 presidential elections, Common Cause suggested that the Clinton Foundation would create ethics and conflict of interest challenges for Hillary Clinton should she become president. They criticized Hillary Clinton's plan to give Chelsea Clinton control of the foundation and called for an independent audit and full disclosure of the foundation's donors. The public interest group also criticized Donald Trump for his refusal to release his tax returns during

416-566: The administration of President Lyndon Johnson as well as chair of the National Urban Coalition, an advocacy group for minorities and the working poor in urban areas. In its early days, Common Cause focused its efforts on ending the Vietnam War and lowering the voting age from 21 to 18. Sometimes identified as liberal-leaning, Common Cause has also been identified as nonpartisan and advocates government reform. It

442-561: The award-winning University of Pittsburgh School of Law journal " the Jurist ", and a local chapter filed a lawsuit against the city of West Palm Beach, Florida, in an effort to repeal its curfew, a case which is still ongoing. NYRA co-sponsored the First Annual National Youth Rights Day which occurred on April 14, 2010. Robert Epstein wrote The Young Person's Bill of Rights for this event. NYRA

468-586: The conservative advocacy group Citizens for Self-Governance 's "Convention of the States" initiative, which is backed by some Republican politicians. In a May 2016 report entitled The Dangerous Path: Big Money's Plan to Shred the Constitution , Common Cause wrote that "There is nothing to prevent the convention, once convened, from proposing additional changes that could limit or eliminate fundamental rights or upend our entire system of government." While

494-542: The division's management decided to utilize a national pool of representatives working with all intents throughout the nation. In December 2006, NYRA received its first substantial grant from the Babson Foundation. And in January 2007, it began renting an office from Common Cause in downtown Washington, D.C. In 2008, the organizations changed its slogan from " the last civil rights movement ", in reference to

520-498: The influence of special-interest contributions. The group's most successful campaign finance reform efforts have been in New York City in 1999; Connecticut in 2005; Montgomery County, Maryland in 2014; Portland, Oregon in 2016; Howard County, Maryland in 2017; Prince George's County, Maryland in 2018; and California. The organization has sought to end the practice of gerrymandering in several states. In 2016, it filed

546-419: The media. By 2006, NYRA's main area of focus was expanding its local chapters. Chapters had increased fivefold between 2003 and 2006. In 2006, the Board of Directors formally established that chapters are separate legal entities. The chapter formation division saw a major restructure near the end of 2006. Previously, the division was divided into five regions with one person assigned to that region. However,

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572-585: The organization's president in June 2016. She served in this role until her death in March 2023. Virginia Kase Solomón was named as the tenth President of Common Cause on December 14, 2023. The following individuals have served as president of Common Cause: The following are three of the most prominent individuals who have served as chairs of Common Cause's board: Common Cause has an annual combined budget of around $ 18 million. This includes its sister organization,

598-617: The political process." The organization's stated issue areas are "money in politics", "voting and elections", "ethics", "a fair economy", and "media and democracy". Common Cause opposes and actively lobbies against modern-day efforts to call an Article V convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution by both progressive and conservative groups, such as that by the progressive political action committee Wolf PAC to limit large monetary donations to political candidates parties and groups, and by

624-501: The title NYRA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NYRA&oldid=1005688865 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Youth Rights Association The youth rights movement first utilized

650-404: Was featured on CNN , Fox News , PBS , The New York Times , Los Angeles Times , The Christian Science Monitor , as well as many others, on youth rights issues such as the voting and drinking ages. In 2012, Koroknay-Palicz stepped down before reemerging in 2015. 2005 was a significant year for NYRA. In late March, Koroknay-Palicz and several NYRA members traveled to Vermont in support of

676-538: Was starting a youth rights organization for his country, the Canadian Youth Rights Association (CYRA). Walcoff, Herman, Hein, and Gilbert all met through ASFAR, and decided to start a non-profit corporation to help unify the youth rights movement, which at that point consisted of almost a dozen different groups around North America and the world. NYRA's Executive Director from 2000 to 2012 was Alex Koroknay-Palicz . As its key spokesman, he

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