It’s safe to say that Google is having a bad week. In addition to the U.S. Justice Department’s unveiling of antitrust charges against the search engine behemoth, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced this week that his office plans to sue Google for violating state campaign finance disclosure laws.            

The lawsuit in...

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that a $150,000 donor to the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) appears to be a shell corporation established for the purpose of funneling secret donations to the super PAC.

Voters have a right to know who is trying to influence their vote. The...

Holding an election in the middle of a global pandemic is a huge challenge, and there’s a lot of misinformation going around about how voting could be affected, particularly because millions of Americans are expected to vote by absentee or mail ballot this fall. 

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) interviewed two election officials—Adrian Fontes of...

On Oct. 22, 2020, a federal court ruled that Pima County, Arizona does not have to reinstate an early voting site during the period of Oct. 26-30 for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. The Reservation will also have no ballot dropbox on the premises.

The Tribe, represented by Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Osborn Maledon, and the Indian Law Center at Arizona...

This article originally ran in The Fulcrum, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization exclusively focused on efforts to reverse the dysfunctions plaguing American democracy.

Millions of Americans are already voting, and concerns about possible voter intimidation have been on the rise. President Trump's comments at the first presidential debate...

Recently, Trevor Potter, president of Campaign Legal Center (CLC), joined Kara Swisher, contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, on her podcast “Sway” to discuss the legal battles shaping our democracy right now.

While the podcast highlighted many campaign finance and voting rights issues, the main focus was on CLC’s victories around...

On Oct. 19, 2020, a federal appeals court denied a motion by the state of Tennessee to block enforcement of a lower court decision to allow first-time voters who registered to vote by mail or online to vote absentee in this fall’s election if they are otherwise eligible.

While this doesn’t end the case permanently, the issue of whether first-time...

You have a right to vote. Whenever you go to vote in-person or submit a mail-in ballot (including via an election dropbox), you shouldn’t be made to feel unsafe or intimidated while exercising your fundamental rights. Your voice and your vote matter. 

Voter intimidation is against the law. It's important to know that you shouldn't hesitate to...

A newly published trove of Cambridge Analytica emails and other documents from the 2016 election demonstrate how the data firm operated as a tool for a billionaire family to unlawfully influence U.S. politics and help elect President Trump.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has supplemented its 2016 complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC)...

The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint against Sen. Lindsey Graham for solicitating campaign donations while in a Senate building Wednesday evening.

Sen. Graham’s actions violated not only federal laws, but Senate ethics rules by asking for campaign contributions while in a federal building. The Senate Ethics Committee should conduct an...

Voters should have access to multiple ways to safely receive and return their ballots, especially amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, Texas voters are facing increased obstacles to submitting their completed ballots in the November general election.

The problems voters face stem from the compounding effects of multiple forms of voter...

On Oct. 12, 2020, also known as Indigenous Peoples Day, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed suit against Pima County (AZ) Recorder Ann Rodriguez for her failure to reinstate an in-person early voting site on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation during the period of Oct. 26-30.

Local governments should do their best to offer and expand a menu of convenient...

New information reveals that President Trump may have illegally financed his 2016 campaign with a secret loan that potentially exceeded legal limits. Voters in 2016 had a right to know where Trump was getting the money for his campaign.

If Trump secretly financed his 2016 campaign using an undisclosed bank loan backed by a billionaire developer...

This article originally ran in The Fulcrum, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization exclusively focused on efforts to reverse the dysfunctions plaguing American democracy.

President Trump ended negotiations with Speaker Nancy Pelosi over a new Covid-19 economic aid package. Then he urged Congress to immediately pass some spending bills, but excluded...

A federal judge blocked the Trump campaign's efforts to overturn election provisions allowing election officials to begin canvassing vote-by-mail ballots 10 days before Election Day and allowing ballots without a postmark to be counted if received within 48-hours of the election.

This decision will help preserve the ability to vote safely during...

The answer to the question of what happens if a president dies in office, resigns, is removed from office, or becomes too ill to serve is well-established. A presidential line of succession is dictated by the U.S. Constitution, as well as the Presidential Succession Act that was passed and is occasionally updated by Congress.

But President Trump’s...

From the beginning of the Trump administration, President Trump’s refusal to divest from his businesses has raised ethics flags: holding a global hospitality empire was bound to cause conflicts of interest, and it did.

Now, The New York Times reporting on Trump’s tax returns reveals why the highest office in the country was not enough incentive...

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) filed a lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for issuing a proclamation that would dramatically limit options for Texas voters seeking to hand-deliver their completed absentee ballots for this fall’s election. 

In an order that is set to take effect on Oct. 2...

On Sept. 30, 2020, a federal court denied an attempt by the Trump campaign to suppress mail voting in Montana. The court upheld Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s directive allowing the state’s counties to proceed with conducting vote-by-mail elections this November – which 46 of Montana’s 56 counties have chosen to do.

The order rebuked the Trump...

States should offer and expand early voting options, especially during a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing voters into some difficult choices. By spreading out in-person voting across many days – rather than a single day – we can space out voters and alleviate long lines and crowded polling locations.

Like other Native communities in...

This blog was written John Gardner, a senior consultant for Campaign Legal Center (CLC). Gardner served on the Postal Service Board of Governors.

This year, more and more Americans are planning to take advantage of a variety of ways to exercise their franchise both on Election Day and up to several weeks in advance. Voting-by-mail has attracted a...