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A court in Richmond determined that the state of Virginia illegally sorted voters into districts based on their race.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Gill v. Whitford on June 18, 2018.
District Court decision
The Supreme Court issued a decision in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, a case about political apparel in polling places.
On January 10, 2018, the Supreme Court decided that Ohio was legally permitted to purge its voters from the rolls.
The Supreme Court in Virginia issued a decision upholding the eleven state legislative districts that were challenged as being in violation of the state constitution and prioritizing partisan criteria. Partisan gerrymandering is a threat to effective democracy and increasingly problematic.
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Montana's campaign finance laws, rejecting the Montanans for Community Development's claim that the laws were too broad and vague.
In Lair v. Motl, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals released an order denying the plaintiffs' request for an en banc rehearing of the case, which is a long-running challenge to Montana's campaign contribution limits.
The Fifth Circuit has denied the petition for en banc review in Zimmerman v. Austin, a case in which the city's campaign contribution limits are being challenged.
The U.S. District Court rejected the plaintiffs' attempt to keep their identities secret.
On March 17, 2018, a U.S. District Court ruled that the Sumter County Board of Education under the Board of Elections and Registration is in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
On March 19, 2018, the Supreme Court denied an application by the state to stay the ruling.
On February 15, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld that charitable organizations' first amendment rights are not violated by being required to disclose donor information and reversed the Court's ruling that the claim was not ripe.
On October 23, 2017, the Court issued an opinion that reversed the District Court's judgment and found that Montana's campaign contribution limits were within the realm of legislative judgments.
The Fifth Circuit panel issued a unanimous opinion on February 1 upholding the city's contribution limits.
On December 26, 2017, a federal court denied Alabama’s motion to dismiss CLC's lawsuit. The federal court denied the motion to dismiss on many of our claims, and the case will continue to proceed in federal court toward a trial.
The DC Circuit Court issued an opinion in Holmes v. FEC, upholding the structure of FECA's contribution limits.
On Nov. 3, 2017, the Superior Court dismissed the challenge. The result is that the public financing system will stand.