Recent Cases & Actions
During the 2022 election, many South Carolina voters faced significant difficulty casting their ballot despite properly registering or updating their voter registration through the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV). CLC, ACLU, and ACLU of South Carolina represent Black Voters Matter, Amplify Action, Upstate Action Alliance, and individual voters to address this issue which hindered properly registered South Carolinians’ ability to vote.
Meta Platforms, Inc. has challenged a Washington state law requiring online platforms to provide information to the public about the funding and targeting of political ads run on their platforms. CLC is supporting the state of Washington in its defense of this disclosure law.
Campaign Legal Center represents the League of Women Voters of North Dakota in defending North Dakota’s laws requiring election officials to count otherwise valid mail and absentee ballots postmarked up to the day before Election Day and received before the canvassing deadline.
CLC's lawyers litigate cases across the nation protecting voting rights, fighting unconstitutional gerrymandering and defending against attacks on campaign finance and disclosure laws. CLC also serves as a watchdog, applying pressure to governmental agencies that fail to enforce campaign finance laws and voting protections.
Campaign Legal Center Action (CLCA), on behalf of the gun safety organization Giffords, filed suit against the National Rifle Association (NRA) and two political campaigns for violating federal campaign finance laws. This suit follows the FEC's failure to comply with a court order to take action on the allegations against the NRA.
Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment to create an independent redistricting commission to redraw the state’s voting districts. A group of plaintiffs sued to block its implementation. CLC serves as co-counsel for Voters Not Politicians, a nonpartisan, citizen-led organization that worked to pass the constitutional amendment.
In 2021, Georgia passed a new elections law that severely limits the ability of third parties to provide voters with assistance requesting, obtaining and submitting absentee ballot applications. CLC represents several organizations who distribute absentee ballot applications in challenging this burdensome and unnecessary law.
