The calamity of the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder can only fully be understood by looking at the Voting Rights Act’s history and all the harm to voting rights that was successfully prevented because we had Section 5 in place.

Amendment 4 has the potential to be the largest expansion of voting rights in decades, but absent state action, this important reform could go unrealized. 

CLC submitted an amicus brief arguing that the policy of rejecting ballots based on a missing or incorrect birth year violated the “materiality” provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

On November 13, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a challenge to Virginia’s state legislative districting plan. 

Youth voting allows teens to voice their opinions and can increase voter turnout.

In a disappointing decision the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the three-judge court’s unanimous finding that the Texas Legislature intentionally discriminated against Blacks and Latinos in drawing its district lines in 2013.

In the weeks and days leading up to the 2018 election, CLC lawyers were on the ground in several states working to make sure eligible voters were able to cast their ballot

The Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona ordered all county recorders statewide to permit voters to “cure” their signature mismatch issue by the deadline to fix conditional provisional ballots.

Join us on November 29, 2018 for a call-in event to hear directly from CLC experts about what happened in the 2018 midterms, and what comes next. 

The 2018 midterm race for Maine’s Second Congressional District marks the first federal election successfully conducted using Ranked Choice Voting. 

Americans overwhelmingly voted to support measures that end extreme partisan gerrymandering, improve the way we fund elections, expand voting access and move toward a more ethical and accountable government

CLC joined with NARF to file a lawsuit to ensure that eligible Native American voters residing on reservations in North Dakota will be able to cast a ballot.

"My assemblyman participated in the gerrymandering. My senator participated. My governor participated. They gleefully trampled on my constitutional right to have my vote count. They spent my tax dollars doing it, and more tax dollars to defend it in court."

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp ordered to allow voters who were wrongly flagged as non-citizens to be allowed to cast regular ballots.

A coalition of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit against Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp to block the state from enforcing their "exact match" protocol that places tens of thousands of voter registration applications in suspense for errors as small as a misplaced hyphen, dash, or...

You have the right to vote a regular ballot in this election even if your status is in “pending.” If you have any issues voting, call 866-OUR-VOTE for assistance.

Last week, in response to a letter from Campaign Legal Center, the Virginia Board of Elections (VBOE) issued updated guidance for absentee voters to election officials across the state.

Today, a North Carolina Court ruled that the state’s maps are an unconstitutional gerrymander for the second time.