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Campaign Legal Center sent a letter to the Charter Commission of Portland, Maine, addressing the constitutionality of the commission’s proposed city charter amendment that would protect Portland elections from foreign influence.
On June 22, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that unknown contributors violated the federal straw donor ban by making a $50,000 contribution to the super PAC Wyoming Values in the name of “Snow Goose, LLC," an obscure Wyoming limited liability company, thereby concealing the true contributors’ identities from public disclosure.
On June 9, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that gun manufacturer Daniel Defense, LLC, violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $100,000 to the Gun Owners Action Fund, a super PAC, while negotiating or performing under multiple federal contracts.
Campaign Legal Center sent a letter to the Charter Commission of Portland, Maine, in support of a city charter amendment that would protect Portland elections from foreign influence.
On April 6, Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Arizona Students’ Association and ADRC Action sent Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs an official letter giving her notice of the violations of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) caused by H.B. 2492. This letter is a prerequisite to suing under the NVRA.
CLC and Utah co-counsel filed a response brief on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and individual voters opposing the Utah Legislature’s motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ partisan gerrymandering lawsuit.
On June 7, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Medical Place, Inc., an Alabama-based medical equipment supplier, violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $100,000 to Alabama Conservatives Fund, a super PAC exclusively supporting a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, while negotiating or performing under federal contracts.
On June 6, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Protect Ohio Values PAC, a super PAC, made illegal in-kind contributions to JD Vance for Senate, J.D. Vance’s campaign for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, in the form of polling data, voter targeting information and draft campaign communications that Protect Ohio Values provided, free of charge, to Vance’s campaign via an obscure website hidden from the general public. The complaint further alleges that the Vance’s campaign knowingly accepted these in-kind contributions and used the materials to further Vance’s candidacy, including by producing a campaign ad based on the Protect Ohio Values script.
On June 2, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that unknown contributors violated the federal straw donor ban by making a $250,000 contribution to the super PAC Alabama Conservatives Fund in the name of “Free Market, LLC," an obscure Alabama limited liability company, thereby concealing the true contributors’ identities from public disclosure.
The federal district court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss, allowing this case challenging New Jersey’s primary ballot design rules to proceed to discovery. Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a brief with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice on behalf of the League of Women Voters and Salvation and Justice highlighting the harms that these flawed ballot design rules impose on voters, and particularly voters of color.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) sent a letter to New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu’s office urging him to veto Senate Bill 302, an anti-transparency bill that prohibits state and local authorities in New Hampshire from requiring nonprofit entities to disclose any information about their donors and supporters.
A three-judge panel denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction in a federal court challenge to the two North Dakota State House subdistricts that follow the boundaries of Reservations. The court ruled in favor of the defendants, including the MHA Nation who intervened to defend the subdistrict containing their Reservation, holding that the non-Native plaintiffs had not met their burden of proving that race was a predominate factor in drawing the district boundaries and that the public interest counseled against granting relief since North Dakota’s primary has already begun.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and UCLA Voting Rights Project filed an amended complaint against Galveston County challenging the county’ drawing of discriminatory Commissioners Court maps in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
Campaign Legal Center and 15 others across the political spectrum call for President Biden to uphold his campaign promise to actively support legislation that would prohibit members of Congress from trading stock.
On May 20, 2022, CLC filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleging that Rural America Fund, a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt nonprofit, failed to fulfill its legal obligation to provide CLC with its Forms 990 upon request.
On May 19, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that unknown contributors violated the federal straw donor ban by making contributions totaling $125,000 in the name of “Tread Standard, LLC," an obscure Delaware limited liability company, to two super PACs, 34N22, Inc. and South Florida Residents First, thereby concealing their identities from public disclosure.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted testimony in support of amending the Washington Voting Rights Act (WVRA) to include a preclearance system. CLC’s testimony focused on the benefits of preclearing election law changes to avoid costly litigation and prevent discriminatory voting practices from coming into effect, as well as the ease of administering a preclearance system.
On May 5, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed suit against Heritage Action for America, a secret money group that spent more than $300,000 expressly advocating for congressional candidates in 2018. The suit alleges that Heritage Action failed to report its contributors as required by federal campaign finance law.
Kedric Payne, Campaign Legal Center's (CLC) vice president, general counsel, and senior director, ethics, testified on the Supreme Court’s approach to ethics, transparency and accountability. His testimony focused on how the Supreme Court’s ethics rules lag behind the executive and legislative branches.