Voting and Elections

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In our elections, every voice must be heard, and every vote must count. Voting should be accessible for all citizens, and our laws should promote participation in our democracy and instill trust in our elections.

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CLC seeks to protect and expand access to voting and instill trust in our elections.

CLC fights in court anti-voter laws that target Black voters, voters of color, and voters with disabilities. CLC advocates to restore voting rights for Americans with past felony convictions, and advocates for state and federal policies that improve and protect in-person voting access and voter registration.

CLC also builds confidence in our election processes at the state and federal levels, including updating the Electoral Count Act to strengthen the guardrails surrounding the Electoral College process. CLC supports policies to bolster protections and streamline the process for the election workers and poll workers who keep our elections safe and secure.

The Latest on Voting and Elections

The Latest

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CLC Sues to Block Trump Administration’s Illegal Election Overreach

President Trump’s executive order is an unlawful attempt to take control of our elections. CLC sued to stop this executive overreach. And, in April, our clients won a legal victory: a key part of the EO was paused.

By

Emily Burns

Jonathan Diaz

April 24, 2025

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Why We Still Need a Strong Voting Rights Act

By

Emily Burns

February 25, 2025

It's Time to Abolish Felony Disenfranchisement. Here's Why

By

Blair Bowie

April 25, 2025

Efforts to Undermine the Freedom to Vote, Explained

By

Emily Burns

April 25, 2025

A Losing Candidate in North Carolina Wants to Silence 65,000 Voters

By

Valencia Richardson

Emily Burns

April 25, 2025

Key Initiatives

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Restoring Voting Rights to People With Past Convictions

Securing Our Elections

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Citizenship and Democracy

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We Need To Talk About the Supreme Court

Recent Voting and Elections Cases and Actions

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Safeguarding D.C. Voters’ Adoption of Ranked Choice Voting and Semi-Open Primaries (Wilson et al. v. District of Columbia Board of Elections and Rice et al.)

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is representing proponents of Initiative 83, a ballot initiative to institute ranked choice voting and semi-open primaries in Washington, D.C. — which D.C. voters overwhelmingly passed in the November 2024 election.

Updated April 28, 2025

Status Active

Defending the Freedom to Vote from the Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Presidential Overreach (LULAC, et al. v. Executive Office of the President)

Campaign Legal Center, along with State Democracy Defenders Fund (SDDF) and on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Secure Families Initiative (SFI) and Arizona Students’ Association (ASA), are challenging President Trump’s illegal executive order that could unlawfully and unconstitutionally prevent American citizens from exercising their freedom to vote.

Updated April 8, 2025

Status Active

Protecting the Promise of American Citizenship

Our democracy is strongest when it includes all Americans. Citizenship is the key to unlocking democratic participation.

Updated April 24, 2025

Status Active

Voting is an essential American freedom, but an executive order by President Trump is illegally and unconstitutionally threatening that freedom for millions of Americans.

We sued to block this unlawful presidential overreach.

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