Recent Cases & Actions
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a lawsuit on behalf of nine Wisconsin voters challenging the unconstitutional malapportionment — unequal population — of Wisconsin’s congressional map.
CLC represents individuals in Alabama who are U.S. citizens with past felony convictions, seeking the right to vote. Some are unable to vote because their convictions are considered "disqualifying" under Alabama's law, and others because they cannot afford to pay their court fees to restore their vote. CLC, alongside its partners, has filed a broad challenge to Alabama’s felony disenfranchisement law under the United States Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
Partisan actors in North Carolina and Pennsylvania filed lawsuits challenging military and overseas voters’ eligibility to vote in the 2024 election. Campaign Legal Center filed two “friend of the court” briefs on behalf of nonprofits that protect military members and their families’ freedom to vote.
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.
