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CLC v. Bureau of the Census (FOIA Delay suit)

Updated
March 9, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

CLC filed suit against the U.S. Census Bureau under the Freedom of Information Act, seeking access to documents about the Bureau’s efforts to use state driver-license records to help estimate how many adult U.S. citizens live on each census block in the nation.

Virginia Passes Bipartisan Gerrymandering Solution With Support from National Fair Maps Allies

Date
March 6, 2020
Issues
Redistricting
By passing a constitutional amendment to create the Virginia Redistricting Commission, lawmakers are signaling that the state is ready to turn the page on the last decade’s gerrymandering wars.

CLC's Adav Noti Testifies at Hearing on HR 1

January 31, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Voting Rights
Redistricting

The provisions in HR 1 independently and collectively advance the right of every American citizen to a government that is responsible and accountable to voters.

Coalition of Good Government Groups Urge Virginia to Take Action on Gerrymandering

March 1, 2020
Issues
Redistricting

CLC led a coalition of 11 nonpartisan groups and sent a letter to the leadership in the Virginia House of Delegates, urging state lawmakers to put principle over party and move past its history of gerrymandering.

Census Bureau’s Citizenship Data Collection Is Misguided and Harmful

January 24, 2020
Case
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status
Issues
Redistricting

The Census Bureau should abandon its effort to collect state administrative records on individuals’ citizenship status.

Ranked Choice Voting, The Oscars, and Maine

February 11, 2020
Issues
Redistricting
Voting Rights

For the first time, the State of Maine joins numerous municipal jurisdictions across the U.S. in using ranked choice voting all of its primary and general elections.

Carney v. Adams

Updated
February 6, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

CLC filed an amicus brief in a Supreme Court case concerning the mandatory partisan balancing of Delaware’s state courts. The court’s decision could have ramifications for partisan-balance requirements in a wide variety of other federal and state government entities, including those responsible for...

Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections

Updated
March 6, 2017
Status
Closed
Issues
Redistricting

In the wake of the 2010 census, the Virginia General Assembly redrew the legislative districts for the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia. The General Assembly purposely drew 12 districts to each have a set majority population of minorities — specifically, an African American...

CLC and Voters Not Politicians Protect Michigan's IRC

Date
November 25, 2019
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting
In a decision yesterday, a judge denied plaintiffs’ motions filed by the Michigan Republican Party and special interests seeking to block Michigan’s voter-initiated Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.

How Michigan Voters Came Together to Flip Gerrymandering On Its Head

October 16, 2019
Case
Movement to Establish Citizen-Led Redistricting Commissions in the States
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting

Michigan voters have completely flipped the system of gerrymandering on its head, giving power back to regular people, so it was bound to upset the politicians in power.

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

June 15, 2018
Case
Gill v. Whitford
Issues
Redistricting

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

CLC and Voters Not Politicians Respond to Efforts to Sabotage Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission

Date
September 20, 2019
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting
Briefs filed by CLC and Voters Not Politicians in Michigan seek a judgement that would allow the state to move forward with its independent redistricting commission.

North Carolina Legislature Fails to Follow Court’s Guidelines During Redistricting

September 16, 2019
Issues
Redistricting

The legislature’s conduct in redrawing the maps has led to questions about the fairness of the maps and the map-drawing process.

Constitutional Challenges Facing Our Democracy

September 18, 2019
Issues
Redistricting
Voting Rights
Campaign Finance

CLC’s founder and president Trevor Potter delivered the Constitution Day lecture at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana.

New Hampshire Legislators Have the Opportunity to Override Governor’s Veto and Pave Way to Fair Maps

September 12, 2019
Issues
Redistricting

Governor Sununu’s veto will deprive his constituents of the transparency and accountability provisions found in HB 706 for the redistricting process.

Maine just took a big step toward a fairer democracy

November 10, 2016
Issues
Redistricting

On Tuesday, Maine became the first state to adopt ranked choice voting for state and federal elections. This is a big deal.

CLC Joins Michigan’s Fight to Protect Citizen-Led Redistricting Commission

August 23, 2019
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting

CLC is proud to join Voters Not Politicians in the fight to protect Michigan’s democratically-enacted Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Emails Show Request for Citizenship Question Came from Commerce, not DOJ

October 9, 2018
Case
CLC v. DOJ (Census FOIA)
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status
Issues
Redistricting

CLC has received responsive documents from the Department of Justice containing a series of email conversations about the request to add a controversial citizenship question to the census between John Gore, the acting head of DOJ’s civil rights division, and Arthur Gary, General Counsel in the...

Campaign Legal Center Joins Michigan’s Fight to Protect Citizen-Led Redistricting Commission

Date
August 28, 2019
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting
We are proud to join Voters Not Politicians in the fight to protect Michigan’s democratically-enacted Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, a reform that will take the political incentives out of the redistricting process.

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