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Trump v. Murphy

Updated
August 31, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) represents the League of Women Voters of New Jersey (LWVNJ) and the NAACP New Jersey State Conference (NJ NAACP) in defending an emergency election plan that ensures that all active New Jersey registered voters will receive a mail-in ballot.

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.

Trump’s Attacks on Postal Service to Suppress Voting are a Shameful Misuse of Presidential Power

Date
August 13, 2020
Case
Coronavirus: Protecting Voter Access and Ensuring Emergency Election Preparedness
Issues
Voting Rights
Defunding the Postal Service and slowing its ability to deliver mail ballots to Americans will hurt Democratic and Republican voters alike.

League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Kathy Boockvar

Updated
August 7, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is challenging Pennsylvania’s policy of rejecting mail-in ballots under an error-prone signature verification process without first informing voters there is a problem with their ballot or giving them an opportunity to fix it and have their vote count.

Falls v. Goins (TN Out of State Convictions)

Updated
July 21, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is suing to challenge Tennessee’s policy reversal regarding voting rights for Tennesseans who have been convicted of felonies in other states.

Iowa Lifts Lifetime Ban on Voting for People with Felony Convictions

Date
August 6, 2020
Case
Felony Voting Rights Restoration in Iowa
Restore Your Vote: Felony Rights Restoration
Issues
Voting Rights
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has signed an executive order restoring voting rights to most people with felony convictions who have served their time. It was the last state in the US with a lifetime ban.

LWVNJ v. Way

Updated
May 18, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is challenging New Jersey’s policy of rejecting mail-in ballots under an error-prone signature verification process without first informing voters there is a problem with their ballot or giving them an opportunity to fix it and have their vote count.

Lawsuit Challenging New York's Signature Match Procedure

Updated
July 8, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is challenging New York’s flawed absentee ballot verification process that, in the 2018 general election, silently rejected nearly 14% of all absentee ballots cast without providing affected voters with notice of or an opportunity to fix ballot defects.

No, Trump Doesn’t Have the Authority to Delay the Election

Date
July 30, 2020
Case
Coronavirus: Protecting Voter Access and Ensuring Emergency Election Preparedness
Issues
Voting Rights
Ethics
Congress by law has set the General Election date as November 3, 2020, and the U.S. Constitution sets the end of the presidential term as noon on January 20, 2021.

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.

Suits Seeks Voting Rights Restoration for Tennesseans

Date
July 21, 2020
Case
Falls v. Goins (TN Out of State Convictions)
Issues
Voting Rights
Tennessee denies more than 421,000 citizens the right to vote because of felony convictions. This accounts for more than 8.2% of the total voting age population, likely the highest rate of disenfranchisement in the U.S.

Supreme Court Leaves in Place Florida’s Pay-to-Vote Scheme

Date
July 16, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
The Supreme Court stood by as the Eleventh Circuit prevented hundreds of thousands of otherwise eligible voters from participating in Florida’s primary election simply because they can’t afford to pay fines and fees.

CLC Seeks Supreme Court Intervention to Stop Florida’s Pay-to-Vote Scheme

Date
July 8, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
In total, up to a million voters could be affected by the outcome of this case.

States Can Require Presidential Electors to Follow Popular Vote, U.S. Supreme Court Rules

Date
July 6, 2020
Case
Chiafalo v. Washington
Baca v. Berry
Issues
Ethics
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states have the authority to require presidential electors to vote for the candidate that wins the popular vote in their state.  

Appeals Court Puts On Hold Decision Granting Voting Rights Restoration to Floridians

Date
July 1, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
CLC is hopeful that the court of appeals will follow suit and confirm once and for all that wealth cannot determine a person’s eligibility to vote.

Court Strikes Down Florida Poll Tax as Unconstitutional in Landmark Victory for Voting Rights

Date
May 24, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
This win for CLC’s clients and the plaintiff class is historic. For the first time, a federal court ruled that conditioning rights restoration on the payment of costs and fees constitutes a poll tax.

CLC, LWV Secure Safe Absentee Voting for Minnesota Primary Amid Pandemic

Date
June 16, 2020
Case
League of Women Voters of Minnesota v. Simon
Issues
Voting Rights
Under an agreement submitted for court approval, Minnesota’s Secretary of State will ensure absentee ballots will count in the August primary regardless of whether they include a witness signature.

CLC Endorses Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Insider Trading

Date
June 15, 2020
Issues
Ethics
New bipartisan legislation would hold public servants accountable for their conflicts of interest by having them and their family members put certain investments into blind trusts.

Davis v. Benson

Updated
June 12, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

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...

Illinois Opportunity v. Bullock

Updated
June 1, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

Montana has strong transparency requirements for businesses that make political contributions and expenditures while seeking lucrative contracts with state government agencies. CLC is urging the court to uphold these requirements, which advance core First Amendment principles in promoting political...

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