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Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted testimony for an oversight hearing conducted by the Council of the District of Columbia following the June 2020 primary which was marred by voting issues. The testimony, submitted by CLC Senior Director, Trial Litigation & Chief of Staff Adav Noti, highlights lessons that DC and other jurisdictions throughout the U.S. should learn from the recent primary. Noti served as a pollworker and precinct captain in his personal capacity. If left unaddressed, issues that arose in this primary could severely disrupt the November 2020 general election.
CLC strongly believes it is time for Congress to act and give the residents of the District the same rights and essential voice in government as the rest of America.
An executive order to restore voting rights will be a tremendous step forward for Iowa and for the rights of returning citizens. In this letter, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) encourages Govenor Reynolds to craft an inclusive order. In particular, we urge her to ensure that Iowans are not denied their voice in our democracy simply because they cannot afford to pay their way into the ballot box.
This manual is a resource for activists and advocates who are helping people with felony convictions vote in Arizona. For more information on felony disenfranchisement, see our online tool RestoreYourVote.
Plaintiffs and the Minnesota Secretary of State have signed a consent decree which will allow voters to cast an absentee ballot in the state's August 11, 2020 primary without a witness present.
CLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of Voters Not Politicians (VNP) in support of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s decision to mail all registered voters absentee ballot applications. Making the process of obtaining absentee ballots simple and straightforward will facilitate safe voting...
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and a coalition of organizations sent a letter to the Georgia Secretary of State and election officials identifying three urgent elections administration actions to help protect the integrity of the state’s June 9, 2020 primary elections.
CLC drafted a friend-of-the-court brief in the Washington Supreme Court to underscore the constitutionality of the Washington Voting Rights Act under the state constitution's uniformity requirements. The brief was filed by partners ACLU of Washington and MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless on behalf of OneAmerica.
CLC urges Mayor Bowser to consider extending any curfew until a reasonable time after the closure of polls to ensure that voters are not deterred from exercising their fundamental rights.
On May 29, 2020, CLC filed a motion asking the court to issue a preliminary injunction in advance of the August primary in Minnesota.
On May 27, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a motion with the court to stop a law that disenfranchises Alabamians with past convictions on the basis of wealth by requiring payment of all fines and fees prior to voting rights restoration.
This document is a template request for an advisory opinion on voter eligibility. Any Floridian who is unsure of their eligibility may submit this document to the Florida Division of Elections to request an opinion on their eligibility. However, to be eligible no voter need submit this form. For more information on eligibility to vote in Florida, visit RestoreYourVote.org.
On May 24, 2020, the Court issued its Opinion on the Merits following the historic 8-day trial in Jones v. DeSantis. The Court found that Florida’s “pay-to-vote” system violates the Constitution as applied to all individuals who genuinely cannot pay their legal financial obligations as a condition of voting. The opinion further held that the conditioning of voting rights restoration on the payment of court costs and fees is an illegal poll tax that violates the 24th Amendment, and that Florida’s voter registration forms violate the National Voter Registration Act. The Court established a new procedure for Floridians with past felony convictions to determine their eligibility to register and vote.
This decision applies not only to the named plaintiffs in the lawsuit, but to the entire plaintiff class, represented by CLC.
On May 19, 2020, CLC filed a complaint in federal court challenging Minnesota’s requirement that voters have a witness sign their absentee ballots in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit also challenges the requirement that the witness be a registered Minnesota voter. CLC represents the League of Women Voters of Minnesota Education Fund and Minnesota voter Vivian Latimer Tanniehill, and Lathrop GPM LLP serves as co-counsel.
CLC is suing to suspend enforcement of Minnesota’s law requiring a third-party witness signature for voting by mail. This law threatens Minnesotans’ right to vote safely during the COVID-19 pandemic and imposes irrational restrictions on who can serve as a witness.
On May 11, 2020, filed a complaint in federal court on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and its Texas chapter (Texas LULAC) challenging the State of Texas’s restrictions on who can apply for and cast absentee ballots in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The Complaint alleges that Texas’s absentee ballot scheme unduly burdens Texans’ fundamental right to vote, has a disparate impact on Texas’s Latino population in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and discriminates on the basis of age in violation of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment.