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Brnovich v. DNC

Updated
January 19, 2021
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is advocating to fortify the role of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in combatting laws and policies that result in racially discriminatory impacts on voters of color.

Passing the “For the People Act” to Create a More Accessible, Transparent and Responsive Government

Updated
September 20, 2021
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights
Redistricting
Ethics
Campaign Finance

Congress should pass and President Joe Biden should sign into law the comprehensive set of democracy reforms outlined in H.R. 1/S. 1 to advance the freedom to vote, strengthen ethics laws, end partisan gerrymandering and decrease the influence of wealthy special interests in our political system.

Securing Safe Voting Options on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation (AZ)

Updated
September 25, 2020
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

Members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Arizona lack access to safe early voting options. Yaqui voters must now travel 2-3 hours roundtrip by public bus just to vote at the nearest early voting site. CLC is assisting the Tribe to secure a safe early voting site before this fall's election.

Common Cause Rhode Island v. Gorbea

Updated
July 23, 2020
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is suing to challenge Rhode Island’s witness/notary requirement for voting by mail, which is a heavy burden on voters that fear contracting COVID-19 during 2020 elections.

A. Phillip Randolph Institute v. Hargett

Updated
April 12, 2021
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is challenging Tennessee’s strict limitations on who can vote by mail, its criminal penalties to deter people from assisting voters to obtain mail ballots, and the inability for those who vote by mail to fix their ballots if they are rejected due to a perceived mismatch with their signature on...

League of Women Voters of Tennessee v. Tre Hargett

Updated
April 2, 2020
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

Tennessee enacted a law severely curtailing the ability of civic organizations to conduct voter registration activities. CLC serves as counsel in a case challenging the constitutionality of the law.

MCRP v. Reagan

Updated
November 9, 2018
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC challenged Arizona’s system of rejecting mail-in ballots because election officials were not “satisfied” that the signature on the ballot matches voter registration signatures. The state was ordered to give voters a chance to fix it.

Spirit Lake Tribe, et al. v. Jaeger

Updated
April 13, 2021
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

North Dakota’s voter ID law requires that voters’ identification include their current residential street address in order to cast a regular ballot. The use of a residential address requirement negatively impacts the ability of Native Americans living on reservations in North Dakota to exercise...

Martin v. Kemp

Updated
October 23, 2018
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

Gwinnett County, the second largest county in Georgia located northeast of Atlanta, rejected hundreds of mail-in ballots for immaterial errors and omissions. CLC filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of voters challenging these rejections.

CLC v. GSA

Updated
April 30, 2018
Status
Closed
Issues
Ethics

CLC is suing the GSA over its refusal to provide travel records responsive to CLC’s FOIA request.

Cockrum v. Trump (DDC)

Updated
December 11, 2017
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

Three politically active Americans are suing the Donald Trump campaign and political consultant Roger Stone for violating their privacy and civil rights in the 2016 presidential election. They allege that the Trump campaign played a role in their private information being distributed worldwide after...

LULAC v. Reagan

Updated
April 13, 2021
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC filed a lawsuit with co-counsel in LULAC v. Reagan, a complaint about Arizona's burdensome dual registration system for voters.

Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. Kemp

Updated
April 13, 2021
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

In 2013, the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office issued an administrative policy directive that cancels voter registration applications if they do not match exactly with existing records in the Georgia Department of Driver Services or the Social Security Administration (SSA) databases unless the...

Huerena v. Reagan

Updated
June 2, 2016
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

Wright v. Sumter County Board of Elections and Registration

Updated
March 20, 2018
Status
Closed
Issues
Redistricting
Voting Rights

Plaintiff Mathis Kearse Wright Jr. alleged two changes to the Sumter County Board of Education electoral violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because they diluted black voting power in the Georgia County’s school board elections.  The first change involved the creation of two at-large...

Wittman v. Personhuballah

Updated
June 22, 2016
Status
Closed
Issues
Redistricting
Voting Rights

The case, now before the U.S. Supreme Court, is a challenge to the 2012 Congressional redistricting map passed by the Virginia Legislature. 

Evenwel v. Abbott

Updated
June 22, 2016
Status
Closed
Issues
Redistricting
Voting Rights

The case challenges the State of Texas’ use of U.S. Census total population numbers for redistricting the state’s 31 state Senate seats as is commonly done in most states.  Appellants seek to have the court compel the State of Texas to utilize the number of voting age citizens or the number of...

Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar

Updated
May 4, 2015
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

Petitioner, a judicial candidate for a Florida County Court, filed suit challenging the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct rule prohibiting candidates for judicial office from personally soliciting campaign funds. The Florida Supreme Court found petitioner guilty of violating the solicitation...

North Carolina NAACP v. McCrory

Updated
April 26, 2016
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

North Carolina NAACP v. McCrory challenged North Carolina HB 589, which eliminated same day registration, slashed the state’s early voting period by a full week, got rid of the pre-registration of 16- and 17-year olds, barred out-of-precinct provisional ballots from being counted, and instituted a...

Shelby County, AL v. Holder

Updated
April 22, 2015
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights
A county in Alabama successfully challenged the continued constitutionality of Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act, which contained a formula identifying those jurisdictions that had to comply with the “preclearance” requirements of Section 5—i.e., receive approval from the Department of Justice...

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