With the 2026 midterms rapidly approaching, voters across the country are preparing to make their voices heard at the ballot box. But voting is only one part of the process, and many voters wonder: “What happens after I vote?”
After Election Day, a carefully structured and proven system of ballot canvassing, results certification and transition...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has a responsibility to protect Americans’ freedom to vote, but recent actions by the DOJ — taken at the behest of President Donald Trump and other members of his administration — are now threatening that very freedom.
Beginning in the spring of 2025, the DOJ embarked on a sweeping effort to demand highly...
The Trump administration has dramatically expanded a little-known immigration status verification tool called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, pulling in data from multiple federal databases and encouraging states to run information about millions of voters through the program.
Election officials and experts warn...
The right to speak freely without fear of retaliation is at the core of a healthy democracy. When legislative leaders punish fellow lawmakers for expressing dissenting views, they do more than target an individual legislator. They undermine the voices of the people whom that legislator was elected to represent.
This principle is at the heart of a...
On July 23, 2026, the House of Representatives passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2027 that includes the SAVE America Act. This is a cynical attempt to pass this unpopular and dangerous bill by shoehorning it into unrelated legislation. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for its passage but...
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On September 8, 2026, Justice Kavanaugh denied Secretary Hoskins's request to stay the decision of the Missouri Supreme Court, leaving in place the 2022 map.
In separate litigation in federal court, Congressman Robert Onder and other allies of Secretary Hoskins sued, alleging that the Missouri Supreme Court's order violated the U.S...
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On September 8, 2026, Justice Kavanaugh denied Secretary Hoskins's request to stay the decision of the Missouri Supreme Court, leaving in place the 2022 map.
In separate litigation in federal court, Congressman Robert Onder and other allies of Secretary Hoskins sued, alleging that the Missouri Supreme Court's order violated the U.S...
Across the country, there has been an unprecedented escalation of a dangerous trend: the unlawful seizure of past election materials by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and local law enforcement.
In the spring of 2026 in California, Sheriff Chad Bianco, also a candidate for California governor, seized ballots from a 2025 special election in an...
California voters have secured a landmark victory in protecting equal access to voting.
The California state Legislature voted last month to pass amendments to the California Voting Rights Act (CAVRA), which were signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The bills expand and strengthen the existing CAVRA to ensure that voters of color have an equal...
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) election observation program — once a behind-the-scenes effort with a record of nonpartisan success — has made headlines during the 2026 midterm primaries because of conduct that state officials have called “dangerous” and “irregular.”
In Wyoming, monitors improperly sought to access voting machines, while in...
Campaign Legal Center Sues Trump Administration Over Another Unconstitutional Voting Executive Order
Update: On August 24, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court paused a lower court decision that had blocked the president’s second election-related executive order from taking effect.
However, this decision was only about the timing of the lower court’s decision — not whether the president’s executive order is lawful. The litigation challenging the lawfulness...
President Donald Trump has been relentless in trying to rewrite the rules of American elections, but the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling rejecting his effort to use the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a tool to sow electoral confusion and chaos.
In March 2026, after President Trump issued an executive order directing USPS to change how...
President Trump and his multiple executive orders trying to control our elections have now been stopped, twice, by Campaign Legal Center and our clients and co-counsel.
On March 31, 2026, the president signed an executive order (EO) purporting to impose new requirements for mail-in voting, create a national database of “verified” eligible voters...
Black and Latino voters in Galveston County, Texas — the birthplace of Juneteenth — have long been denied a voice in county government, an unjust reality that perpetuates centuries of discrimination.
June 19, also known as Juneteenth, commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. Designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth serves as...
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed complaints with both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Ethics Committees alleging that 66 House candidates and 11 Senate candidates who will be on the ballot on November 3, 2026 have failed to file legally required personal financial disclosure reports.
Financial disclosure reports give voters...
In cities across the country, Americans have organized networks of constitutional observers to exercise their First Amendment rights and hold federal agents accountable as those agents carry out an aggressive and brutal deportation campaign.
In response, multiple federal agencies involved in the Trump administration, including Immigration and...
Update: On September 4, 2026, the Supreme Court temporarily paused a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which had invalidated the FCC policy, allowing candidates and other committees that jointly fundraise with them to access discounted rates for broadcast advertising.
Every election year, voters can expect a deluge of campaign ads. But...
Campaign Legal Center analyzed ethics compliance data across federal agencies and uncovered a concerning trend: Since the start of the second Trump administration, the effectiveness of agency ethics offices is declining significantly.
Since 2025, there are fewer ethics officials, more political appointees taking over ethics offices from career...
A new law in South Dakota is creating an unnecessarily confusing voter registration process for South Dakotans.
The administration of Senate Bill 175 (SB 175) is causing voters to lose their right to participate in local and statewide elections, despite being eligible to do so.
On behalf of the League of Women Voters in South Dakota and an...
When wealthy special interests can purchase access, influence and favor from public officials, Americans lose trust that the government works for them. President Donald Trump’s planned construction of a massive ballroom at the White House undermines the fundamental trust and expectation that the government works on behalf of the people.
Trump’s...
President Donald Trump’s second term has been characterized by relentlessly testing (and often overriding) the legal and constitutional limits of presidential authority. A mountain of legally dubious executive orders, a number of ethically questionable actions, and countless examples of executive overreach have blurred the line on where...
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