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Group Calls on North Carolina’s Top Election Official to Investigate Partisanship, Racial Animus in Election Administration
Damning new report details partisan, racially charged motivations of those pushing voter suppression and administering elections in North Carolina.
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Group Calls on Pennsylvania’s Top Election Official to Investigate Partisanship, Racial Animus in Election Administration
Damning new report details partisan, racially charged motivations of those pushing voter suppression and administering elections in Pennsylvania.
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The Times and Democrat: Payday Lending Stories Not Real
Eric Peters came out swinging (T&D, Oct. 1) against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s effort to crack down on predatory payday lenders. To bolster his untenable position, he cited the purportedly personal stories of happy payday loan customers submitted to the CFPB and spotlighted by a payday industry-backed special interest group in Washington. Unfortunately, Peters failed to inform readers that hundreds, if not thousands, of the supposedly unique and personal payday loan-supportive stories he pointed to used many of the exact same sentences and paragraphs.
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Anti-CFPB Ruling, Result of Judge Kavanaugh’s Partisan Agenda
Kavanaugh’s reckless, partisan decision was written to appease his Wall Street cronies. There is no doubt that it will be reversed.
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With Public Comment Ending Tonight, CFPB Must Scrutinize Suspicious Pro-Payday Submissions
Individually submitted “personal” public comments defending industry contained many of the exact same sentences.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Liberal Group Issues Report Hitting Georgia Over Voting Issues
In a report out Tuesday, the group took aim at Secretary of State Brian Kemp, Gov. Nathan Deal and other state and local leaders over accusations of voter suppression, saying Georgia does a poor job of protecting citizens’ rights and hurts minority communities by making registration and voting more difficult.
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CU Today: Payday Loan Trade Group Accused Of Manufacturing ‘Positive’ Stories
A consumer group is accusing the trade association for the payday loan industry of fabricating some of the “personal” stories it has included in a press release it published that claimed the CFPB was ignoring “positive” stories from payday loan customers.
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Morning Consult: Group Alleges Cut-and-Paste Job in CFPB Comments Favorable to Payday Loans
A left-leaning advocacy group on Monday said it has found hundreds of positive consumer testimonials about payday loans using identical language on the CFPB’s website, and it wants the agency to scrutinize the validity of those comments.
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Politico: CFPB Urged to Be on the Lookout for Astroturf Efforts
The liberal group Allied Progress urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be on the lookout for suspiciously similar public comments on its proposed payday rule.
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CFPB Must Closely Scrutinize Comments Opposing Proposed Payday Lending Rule
After payday lenders put spotlight on consumers with remarkably similar “personal” stories, Allied Progress calls for greater scrutiny.