When Black and brown voters are forced to vote under discriminatory electoral maps, they have fewer opportunities to make their voices heard on the issues that matter most to them and elect representatives who reflect their values and will fight for their communities.  

Thankfully, in a landmark decision that is a major victory for fair maps and...

Following an exodus of election workers after an increase in threats, harassment, doxxing and stalking, Nevada has become the latest state to sign into law a bill that protects the everyday Americans who help keep our democracy safe and secure. 

Notably, this legislation garnered unanimous support in both chambers, a monumental feat in a state...

One thing all Americans can agree upon — no matter their political persuasion — is that our elections should be safe and secure.  

For the past decade, it has been the mission of the Electronic Registration Information Center, commonly known as ERIC, to ensure just that.  

The non-profit, bipartisan consortium — voluntarily joined by 32...

Campaign Legal Center welcomes eight new members to our team for the summer: our 2023 class of summer legal interns. The summer interns are current law students who will work with CLC's full time staff to help advance our work in the areas of voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance, and ethics. 

Welcome, team!

Meet the Interns

Jason...

In an op-ed for The Hill, Campaign Legal Center senior researcher Roger Wieand examines the modern phenomenon of wealthy political donors snagging highly-coveted ambassadorial posts. The piece points out that every president of the modern era - from Reagan to Biden - has awarded about 30 to 40 percent of ambassadorships to political appointees...

Federal candidates cannot raise or spend money outside of federal campaign finance rules to support their campaign. This “soft money” ban applies to money raised through a state PAC, as states and municipalities have vastly different rules from the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) regarding what sources an entity or campaign can raise money...

As long as America has had representative democracy, civic-minded folks have worked tirelessly to ensure their neighbors could access it—registering people to vote, holding voter education events and promoting civic engagement.  

Nonpartisan civic engagement groups, composed of civic-minded Americans, have long been a central pillar in our...

In 2018, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) built RestoreYourVote.org and RecupereSuVoto.org, a first-of-its-kind tool to help Americans who have been impacted by the criminal legal system understand their voting rights.  

Since then, RestoreYourVote.org has been cited by the Department of Justice and visited by over 300,000 unique visitors -- and now...

The 2024 elections are still over a year away, but potential contenders for the White House have begun actively exploring candidacy, and some have even officially declared. As some hopefuls are already pushing the legal boundaries governing these exploratory activities, they might reflect on a recent decision by the Federal Election Commission (FEC...

Soft money – money raised and spent on federal elections that doesn’t comply with federal campaign finance laws – undermines transparency and accountability in our elections.  

A new supplemental complaint filed by Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and NRDC Action Votes with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) provides additional information in...

Over the past few years, attacks on our democracy—from extreme gerrymandering to January 6 to the dozens of anti-voter bills passed at the statewide level—have been marked by a common theme: a pernicious desire to silence voters’ voices and subvert the will of the people. 

2023’s state legislative sessions have seen that troubling trend continue...

Campaign Legal Center's virtual event, "Rights Restoration and the Criminalization of Voting" was held on May 8, 2023 and featured a panelist discussion on the issue of felony disenfranchisement.

Over 5 million Americans are currently silenced in our democracy because of a past felony conviction. This level of disenfranchisement is a product of...

Nonpartisan civic engagement groups, which assist citizens in their efforts to engage with the political process, have long played a vital role in our democracy. Yet their endeavors are increasingly coming under attack by state legislatures across the country. 

In a victory for the voters of Kansas, a federal court hampered this anti-democratic...

Voters have a right to know whether officials in the federal government are prioritizing public good or their own personal financial interests.

Congress passed the Ethics in Government Act in 1978 with the goal of increasing public trust in government and building confidence that public servants were indeed acting in the public’s best interest...

On May 2, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform. CLC’s Vice President, General Counsel, and Senior Director of Ethics Kedric Payne was one of five witnesses providing testimony for the hearing. 

CLC’s testimony focused on how the Supreme Court’s ethics rules lag decades behind the executive and...

In March 2023, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and the Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) filed a federal lawsuit seeking suit seeking to overturn Arizona’s newly enacted Proposition 211, also known as the Voters’ Right to Know Act.  

On April 28, 2023, CLC Action (CLCA) filed a motion for Voters’ Right to Know (VRTK) to intervene as a...

The right to vote is a basic American freedom—and when that freedom is abridged, our democracy suffers. This week, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) joined forces with local advocacy groups to fight back against barriers blocking the right to vote, filing a lawsuit challenging part of Louisiana’s felony disenfranchisement scheme.  

We can’t have an...

Last week, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a trio of disappointing decisions rolling back fundamental protections against partisan gerrymandering, revoking voting rights for individuals with a felony conviction and reinstating a racially discriminatory voter ID requirement.

Make no mistake, these decisions are a huge step back for...

It’s apparent that there’s a real crisis of faith in our democracy. Our elected officials are not as responsive to the will of the people as they should be, largely due to wealthy special interests spending big money to influence our vote and our government to rig the system in their favor.

The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) was designed...

Campaign Legal Center's virtual event, "Rights Restoration and the Criminalization of Voting," will be held on May 8, 2023 at 1 PM EST. Please join members of CLC's Voting Rights team and other experts on the issue of felony disenfranchisement.

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Over 5 million Americans are currently silenced in our...

Campaign Legal Center’s “Democracy Decoded” podcast has been announced as the winner of two Webby Awards – one for the judged Webby Award for Podcasts - Public Service & Activism 2023, as well as the publicly voted People’s Voice Award in this same category.  

The Webbys, dubbed “The Internet’s Highest Honor” by the New York Times, is presented...