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CLC Successfully Defends Legal Challenge to Seattle’s Innovative Public Financing System

June 14, 2018
Case
Elster v. City of Seattle
Issues
Campaign Finance

By design, Seattle’s funding program gives regular voters a voice in city government.

Citizens barred from the polls: The negative impact of strict photo voter ID in Texas

June 15, 2018
Case
Veasey v. Abbott
Issues
Voting Rights

Because of the burdensome requirements of strict photo voter ID in Texas, the law disproportionately disenfranchises minority voters, particularly African Americans and Latinos. Here are some of their stories.

Public Financing in the Nation’s Capital: Could Your City Be Next? 

June 15, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

The momentum from these measures stems in large part from the growing resentment from Americans that candidates rely on a tiny segment to bankroll their campaigns, and in turn, curry favor and influence. 

Republicans and Democrats Support Curbing Partisan Gerrymandering

November 15, 2017
Case
Gill v. Whitford
Issues
Redistricting

Republicans and Democrats alike support the Supreme Court stepping in to curb partisan gerrymandering. 

Supreme Court Leaves Door Open for Reining In Partisan Gerrymandering

June 19, 2018
Case
Gill v. Whitford
Issues
Redistricting

The Supreme Court provided a clear roadmap of what it expects to see presented in district court before it sets a legal standard for partisan gerrymandering nationwide.

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Ohio to Purge its Citizens From the Rolls

June 11, 2018
Case
Husted v. Randolph Institute
Issues
Voting Rights

In a 5-4 ruling in Husted v. APRI, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Ohio voter purge practice that removes infrequent voters from the registration rolls.

All Eyes Turn to North Carolina, as SCOTUS Considers Whether to Hear Partisan Gerrymandering Case

June 21, 2018
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting

The Supreme Court justices could decide Monday, June 25 whether to hear the North Carolina case or send it back to a lower court. 

Bipartisan House Bill Introduced to Combat Foreign Interference

June 29, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

This week, a bipartisan group of Members of Congress introduced the REFUSE Act to close the loopholes that foreign actors have used to secretly influence U.S. democracy. CLC advised the House offices on the text of the bill.

Progress in the Courts Protected Voters from Texas’s Original Discriminatory Voter ID Law

April 27, 2018
Case
Veasey v. Abbott
Issues
Voting Rights

On April 27, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released a decision on the longstanding legal challenge to Texas’s voter ID law, Veasey v. Abbott.

New IRS Policy Helps Foreign Influence and Dark Money Stay in the Dark

July 20, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

The IRS’s new policy will make laundering foreign money through dark-money groups simpler and our electoral system more susceptible to abuse.

LLCs: The Perfect Mechanism to Funnel Secret (and Perhaps Foreign) Money Into Elections

July 30, 2018
Case
CLC v. FEC (Straw Donors)
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC has long pointed to the problem of shell corporations being used to evade disclosure laws. In some cases, this is a way that foreign actors, who are not permitted to engage in political activity in the U.S., are able to make contributions to super PACs supporting campaigns.

Sore Losers: Why Hasn't the FEC Appealed a Case in Over a Decade?

July 31, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

This summer marks the ten-year anniversary of the last time a federal circuit court decided a case appealed by the FEC.

The Kid Gloves Are Off: Florida Early Voting Case Could Provide New Pathway to Tackling Barriers to Student Voting

August 3, 2018
Issues
Voting Rights

On July 24, 2018, students won a major victory for themselves in securing equal access to the right to vote.

Census Citizenship Question Would Distort Our Representative Democracy

August 9, 2018
Issues
Redistricting

Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census will hinder its ability to provide an accurate snapshot of our nation’s population.

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