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States Lead in Fight Against Foreign Interference

While Congress Sits on the Honest Ads Act

States Lead in Fight Against Foreign Interference

While Congress Sits on the Honest Ads Act
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What Can Be Done to Combat Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections?

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Eight Ways Ranked Choice Voting Can Improve Voting and Elections

Learn more about the other benefits of ranked choice voting in the issue brief, The Civic Benefits of Ranked Choice Voting .
August 17, 2018
Issues
Redistricting

Will the FEC Let Super PACs Keep Donors in the Shadows?

Is the Federal Election Commission (FEC) so dysfunctional that super PACs think they can ignore basic reporting obligations and get away with it?
August 15, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC Launches RestoreYourVote.org to Help Millions of Citizens Vote

At RestoreYourVote.org, users from all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, will be able to answer key questions about their convictions and determine if they are eligible to vote right now, or eligible to go through the process to restore their right to vote.
August 14, 2018
Issues
Voting Rights

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People and Communities Behind Our Work
John Paul, left, and Willie Mack, right

Alabamian Willie Mack - Who Believed He was Disqualified from Voting - Finally Can Cast a Ballot

"This feeling is the best," says first-time voter. 

Partisan Gerymandering Plaintiffs at U.S. Supreme Court

"I've always voted. But now I feel that my vote doesn't count": Partisan Gerrymandering Silences Voters

Meet the plaintiffs in the landmark partisan gerrymandering case, Gill v. Whitford.

CLC's Blair Bowie speaks to Alabama citizen about her voting rights

CLC Goes Door-to-Door in Alabama to Educate Voters with Past Convictions

Plaintiff Ann Reynolds, disenfranchised voter, with attorney Danielle Lang

Alabama's Silenced Voters Tell Their Stories

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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The Economist
The number of money scandals in Trumpland is overwhelming

Politico
Super PACs take brash new steps to hide their donors

WHYY
An online tool guides former felons on how to restore their right to vote

Detroit News
Contractor scrutinized for giving $10K to James super PAC

The Washington Post
Inside a super PAC that spends on everything but winning

WURD
New Initiative Looks to Restore Voting Rights for Millions

Lowell Sun
L'Italien discloses account used to help fund campaign

Bowling Green Daily News
Paul defends overseas expenditures

La Vanguardia
Lanzan plataforma en EEUU para educar exconvictos sobre su derecho al voto