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Coordination and Issue Politics- It's Still About the Money

July 18, 2014
Issues
Campaign Finance

The opposition to campaign finance reform is not monolithic. Some comes from conservatives who believe it’s really a cover to push some sort of substantive Democratic/liberal agenda. Others are fine with reducing First Amendment speech and representative democracy into mere commodities to be bought...

Magical Thinking About Reform

April 15, 2015
Issues
Campaign Finance

Voters Have a Right to Know in 2020: CLC Files FEC Complaint Against Secretive Group

May 7, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

In 2020, voters should know about multi-million dollar campaigns to influence their votes. 

Sinner v. Jaeger

Updated
May 6, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

CLC is challenging North Dakota’s onerous requirements to get North Dakota Voters First’s (NDVF) proposed constitutional amendment before voters. NDVF, CLC’s client, is seeking to implement impartial legislative redistricting and instant runoff voting in North Dakota.

COVID-19 Should Not Stop Us from Advancing Arkansas Fair Maps Initiative

April 21, 2020
Case
Miller v. Thurston (Arkansas Redistricting Initiative)
Issues
Redistricting

The spread of COVID-19 has threatened to kill our efforts to get redistricting reform on the November 2020 ballot.

Carveouts and Tax Breaks for Whom and by Whom? Pandemic Stimulus Reflects Money in Politics

April 21, 2020
Issues
Ethics
Campaign Finance

The stimulus relief package primarily benefits wealthy special interests while neglecting everyday people. 

The Coronavirus Pandemic Underscores That Accountable Government Matters

April 16, 2020
Case
Gill v. Whitford
Issues
Redistricting

Voters in Illinois join those in Wisconsin and other states in seeking fair maps reform. 

Court Upholds Michigan’s Right to Move Forward with Independent Redistricting Commission

April 15, 2020
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting

Michigan voters will now have the opportunity to vote under fair maps. 

Gill v. Whitford

Updated
October 10, 2017
Status
Closed
Issues
Redistricting

CLC, along with private co-counsel, represent 12 Wisconsin voters who have challenged the state’s Assembly district lines as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander in Gill v. Whitford. Our case is the first purely partisan gerrymandering case to go to trial in 30 years and has the potential to...

Slay the Dragon: A Film About Giving Power Back to the People

April 3, 2020
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Voting Rights
Redistricting

It is every person's right to have their vote count. 

New CLC Report Highlights Digital Transparency Loopholes in the 2020 Elections

April 8, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

A new CLC report shows that our country needs across-the-board rules for digital ad transparency. 

Chiafalo v. Washington

Updated
April 8, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

CLC is advocating in favor of state laws requiring that presidential electors follow the popular vote in their state.

Megadonor Access During a National Crisis and Other Takeaways From New FEC Reports

April 2, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, wealthy special interests continue using their money to exert undo influence over elected officials.  

 

The Coronavirus Pandemic Heightens Importance of Self-Responding to 2020 Census

April 1, 2020
Issues
Redistricting

Here is how the coronavirus pandemic is making the collection of Census data more challenging. 

Supreme Court Leaves Seattle’s Democracy Voucher System in Place

March 30, 2020
Case
Elster v. City of Seattle
Issues
Campaign Finance

Seattle’s innovative program gives a more diverse pool of people an opportunity to have their voices heard in politics.

 

Close the Bloomberg Big Money Loophole

March 26, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

Candidates should not be able to give unlimited contributions to national party committees. 

Prioritizing the Public Interest: CLC Files a Complaint Against Representative Steven Palazzo

March 26, 2020
Issues
Ethics
Campaign Finance

There is a systemic problem of elected officials using campaign finance funds for personal profit. 

CLC, Voters Not Politicians Present Arguments by Phone in Case to Protect Fair Maps in Michigan

March 17, 2020
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting

Campaign Legal Center defends the right of the Michigan people to draw voting districts. 

CLC v. FEC (Delay Suit—Jeb Bush super PAC)

Updated
March 13, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC has sued the Federal Election Commission for its more than four-year delay in enforcing a federal prohibition on candidates establishing or operating super PACs as “slush funds” for their campaigns. The lawsuit is based on a FEC complaint CLC filed asserting that the 2016 campaign of then...

Daunt v. Benson

Updated
March 17, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment to create an independent redistricting commission to redraw the state’s voting districts. Two groups of plaintiffs sued to block its implementation. CLC serves as co-counsel for the Defendant Voters Not Politicians, a nonpartisan, citizen-led...

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