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Elections Must Proceed While States Protect Public Health

Date
March 13, 2020
Case
Coronavirus: Protecting Voter Access and Ensuring Emergency Election Preparedness
Issues
Voting Rights
Under no circumstances should the November general election be canceled or postponed, as that date is mandated by federal law.

Ohio Should Institute Policies to Assist Late-Jailed Voters In Light of Sixth Circuit Decision

Date
March 3, 2020
Case
Tommy Ray Mays II, et al. v. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose
Issues
Voting Rights
The court got it wrong, but Ohio should follow the lead of jurisdictions like Colorado, Arizona, Illinois, and Washington D.C. by adopting policies that ensure jailed voters are informed of their rights.

Complaint: Barr, Rosen, and Shea Unlawfully Interfered in Criminal Cases Involving Associates of President Trump

Date
February 21, 2020
Issues
Ethics
A thorough investigation of this complaint will help restore the public’s confidence that DOJ upholds its standards of insulating decisions from political influence.

Victory! Appeals Court Blocks Florida’s Attempt to Discriminate Against Voters Based on Wealth

Date
February 19, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
The unanimous panel decision upholds the district court’s preliminary injunction of a Florida law which sought to condition voting rights restoration on the payment of restitution, fines, and fees as it applied to the plaintiffs in the case.

Secretary of State and North Dakota Tribes Agree to Settle Voter ID Lawsuit

Issues
Voting Rights

Joint Statement By North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger, Spirit Lake Nation, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Today, the Spirit Lake Nation, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, other Plaintiffs, and the North Dakota Secretary of State in Brakebill, et. al v. Jaeger and Spirit Lake et. al v. Jaeger a...

Secretary of State Agrees to Settle Voter ID Lawsuits by Entering Into Consent Decree with North Dakota Tribes

Date
February 13, 2020
Case
Spirit Lake Tribe, et al. v. Jaeger
Issues
Voting Rights
It was a breakthrough for the state to recognize its responsibility to ensure that Native Americans have access to the identification needed to exercise their voting rights.

Voting Rights Groups Call on State Officials to Ensure Florida is Ready for Elections

Date
February 13, 2020
Issues
Voting Rights
Days before the February 18 voter registration deadline, questions remain about whether the online voter registration system is prepared.

Institute for Justice v. Laster, et al.

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Ethics

CLC represents the Oklahoma Ethics Commission in defending an ethics law that prevents lobbyists from corrupting Oklahoma public officials with gifts.

Felony Voting Rights Restoration in Alabama

Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

Campaign Legal Center is working to restore voting rights to people with past convictions in Alabama by providing direct rights restoration services, empowering community leaders to understand rights restoration laws in the state, and breaking down the false notion that a felony conviction always...

Felony Voting Rights Restoration in Iowa

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

Campaign Legal Center’s Restore Your Vote campaign is working in Iowa to help people with felony convictions restore their voting rights, train community leaders on the rights restoration process, and break down the false notion that a felony conviction means you can never vote again.

Restore Your Vote: Felony Rights Restoration

Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC’s Restore Your Vote Campaign restores voting rights to people with past convictions by providing direct rights restoration services, empowering community leaders to understand rights restoration laws, and breaking down the false notion that a felony conviction always means you cannot vote.

Jones v. DeSantis

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

In 2018, Florida voters restored the right to vote to individuals with felony convictions. The legislature then enacted a law conditioning rights restoration on payment of restitution, fines, and fees. CLC represents Floridians Bonnie Raysor, Diane Sherrill and Lee Hoffman in challenging the...

CLC to Present Oral Arguments Before Eleventh Circuit on Florida’s Modern-Day Poll Tax with Press Conference to Follow

Date
January 27, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
Expedited hearing could determine voting rights eligibility for hundreds of thousands of Floridians in 2020 Presidential Primary Election.

Campaign Legal Center and Vote.org Join Forces to Educate People with Past Felony Convictions About Their Voting Rights

Date
January 21, 2020
Case
Restore Your Vote: Felony Rights Restoration
Issues
Voting Rights
CLC will partner with Vote.org to reach millions of Americans with past felony convictions by increasing their access to information about their voting eligibility – in time for 2020 presidential primary voter registration deadlines.

Florida Supreme Court Advisory Opinion Has No Impact on Federal Voting Rights Case Over Fines and Fees

Date
January 16, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
The decision today by the Florida Supreme Court changes nothing in the ongoing federal lawsuit. We will continue to fight to ensure that people with felony convictions are not denied the right to vote based on their inability to pay.

CLC Urges Court to Broaden Relief to All Florida Voters with Financial Hardship Before Presidential Primary Election

Date
October 25, 2019
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
CLC filed a brief in federal court requesting that the court extend this relief to all Floridians who are otherwise eligible but are denied the right to vote solely because of their inability to pay.

CLC Urges 11th Circuit to Affirm Ruling in Florida Voting Case: ‘The Right to Vote Cannot Be Denied on Basis of Wealth’

Date
January 10, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
The appeals court must affirm this ruling and send a clear message to Florida that wealth based discrimination in voting is unjust. Hundreds of thousands of peoples’ rights hang in the balance.

Fair Fight Action, Campaign Legal Center File Emergency Motion to Stop Georgia From Massive Voter Purge

Date
December 16, 2019
Case
Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger
Issues
Voting Rights
Today, Fair Fight Action and CLC filed an emergency motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

A coalition of civil rights groups and religious organizations are challenging numerous deficiencies in Georgia’s electoral system that impose serious burdens on the right to vote for eligible Georgians. These obstacles particularly impact Georgia’s residents of color, severely limiting Georgia’s...

Tommy Ray Mays II, et al. v. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

In Ohio, eligible voters who are arrested in the days leading up to the Election are being unconstitutionally denied their fundamental right to vote because the state excludes them from its emergency absentee ballot procedure.  Ohio’s disenfranchisement of these qualified electors violates the First...