Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is representing pro-voter Louisiana organizations in a lawsuit challenging a new Louisiana law that would require voters to jump through hoops to prove their citizenship to register to vote.
Back to topAny attempt to limit the freedom to vote is an attempt to silence American voices. All across the country, states have been passing bills that would require voters to provide unnecessary and difficult-to-obtain documentation in order to register to vote.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has been at the forefront of challenging these laws because our...
In June 2024, Louisiana passed SB 436, a state law that would require citizens to provide proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. The law, which went into effect on January 1, 2025, was passed in the name of securing elections, but the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) already requires voters to verify their citizenship when they register, making SB 436 an unnecessary hurdle for voters.
On January 28, 2025, Campaign Legal Center and our legal partners sent a letter on behalf of pro-voter organizations to Louisiana’s Secretary of State notifying them that this blatant violation of Louisianians’ freedom to vote must be corrected within 90 days.
Since it was not corrected, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) and Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Louisiana and League of Women Voters of Louisiana Education Fund (together, LWVLA or the League), Voice of the Experienced (VOTE), the NAACP Louisiana State Conference and the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice (PCEJ) to make sure all eligible voters are able to make their voices heard.
When registering to vote, all applicants must already swear that they are U.S. citizens, whether they were born here or moved here. Requiring voters to jump through new, burdensome and unnecessary hoops when registering to vote by requiring extra documents proving citizenship that millions of American citizens don’t have access to threatens the freedom to vote.
CLC is calling on the courts to rule that SB 436 violates the U.S. Constitution and the NVRA and block it from being implemented.
