Preliminary Inventory of the Arizona Common Cause Records

Collection

Identifier: 1996-01646A-1996-01646B-1997-01808

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses ballot proposition files, news clippings, Common Cause litigation files, voter registration materials, strategic plans, administration files, subject files, and other materials documenting Arizona Common Cause's activities between 1962 and 1996. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.

Dates

Creation: 1962-1996

Creator

Arizona Common Cause (Organization)

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of University Archives, Arizona State University Library. Requests for permissions to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.

Historical Note

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Arizona Common Cause is the state chapter of a nation-wide citizens' lobby, or political advocacy group, which was founded in 1970. The earliest records of the Arizona chapter date from 1972.

The purpose of Common Cause is to sustain democratic processes and ensure integrity in each echelon of American government by lobbying congressmen, legislators, councilmen and executives to implement laws or policies that require open meetings, public financing of political campaigns, public revelation of private campaign funding sources, registration of lobbyists, and elimination of conflicts of interest. Their attention, however, extends to government programs as well as processes. They have campaigned in the areas of environmental quality, health care, energy, water supplies, and military affairs.

The work of Common Cause is on-going. Recent projects include the reform of campaign financing via limitations on contributions by political action committees, a national congressional candidate fund, term limitations for elected officials, balancing the federal budget, and reorganizing the nation's health care system.