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The Criminal Justice System Has Created a New Era of Poll Taxes

The Criminal Justice System Has Created a New Era of Poll Taxes

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The intersection of the criminal justice system, wealth and voting

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How Public Exposure Stymied the Impact of the Presidential Coalition's Deceptive Fundraising Tactics

After the CLC/ Axios investigation and the Trump campaign’s admonition of the Presidential Coalition, the group’s average daily contributions plummeted.
By
Maggie Christ
Brendan Fischer
August 18, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance

Former Congressman May Have Violated Revolving Door Ban as a Foreign Lobbyist

CLC has asked DOJ to investigate whether former U.S. Representative Jeff Miller violated the revolving door ban by registering as a foreign agent months after leaving Congress.
By
Brendan Fischer
Delaney Marsco
August 15, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance

One Year in Review: RestoreYourVote.org Hits Nearly 70,000 Visitors

Since the launch, RestoreYourVote.org has had nearly 70,000 visitors seeking to learn more about voting rights restoration in their state.
By
Kimberly Hall
August 14, 2019
Issues
Voting Rights

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People and Communities Behind Our Work
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For Nine Years I Believed I Could Not Vote

I am from Memphis, and was a consistent voter. The poll workers put my name in the system, and a felony popped up, so they denied me. But I never had a felony conviction at all.

Lee Hoffman, plaintiff in Florida voting rights lawsuit

Military Vet on FL Poll Tax: ‘I Felt the Rug Ripped from Under My Feet’

When Florida passed a modern-day poll tax that ties my right to vote to my ability to pay off fines and fees – I felt like I had a rug ripped from under my feet.

Photo of Bonnie Raysor, the plaintiff in Raysor et al. v. Laurel Lee

Florida is Trying to Silence Me With a Poll Tax

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I’ve Been a U.S. Citizen Since 2015. My State is Threatening to Purge Me From the Rolls

Partisan gerrymandering...is 'incompatible with democratic principles.' More effectively every day, that practice enables politicians to entrench themselves in power against the people's will. And only the courts can do anything to remedy the problem.
Justice Elena Kagan, Concurrence in Gill v. Whitford, June 18, 2018
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Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering game that puts the fun in undermining democracy

Roll Call
FEC chairwoman: Penalty ‘slashed’ for ex-congressman who used leftover campaign money to lobby

Axios
David Bossie’s embarrassing retreat

Think Progress
Video: America’s broken campaign finance system is a 2020 issue

The Atlantic
Stacey Abrams Is Playing the Long Game

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Trump's Pittsburgh visit blurs ethical boundaries, critics say

Florida Politics
Newsletter: Sunburn: The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics: “Watchdog wants DOJ investigation into Jeff Miller’s foreign lobbying”

The Hill
Wyden blasts FEC Republicans for blocking probe into NRA over possible Russia donations

Pensacola News Journal
Complaint alleges former Rep. Jeff Miller violated federal law by representing Qatar