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Campaign Legal Center + Protect Democracy Poll Results

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Date
September 10, 2020

Poll commissioned by Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Protect Democracy and conducted by GS Strategy Group (R) and ALG Research (D). The online poll lasted from July 28-31, 2020 and surveyed 1,000 likely voters nationwide. The results show wide support for increased election funding.

Trump’s Challenge to New Jersey’s Plan for Vote-by-Mail Threatens Voting Rights, Advocacy Groups Say in New Legal Filing

Date
September 1, 2020
Case
Trump v. Murphy
Issues
Voting Rights

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, on behalf of clients NAACP-New Jersey and League of Women Voters New Jersey, filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by President Trump, which challenges New Jersey’s plan to send all active registered voters a vote-by...

LWVNJ and NJ NAACP Motion to Intervene as Defendants

Document
Date
August 31, 2020
Case
Trump v. Murphy

The League of Women Voters and the NAACP New Jersey State Conference filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by the Trump Campaign and the RNC challenging New Jersey’s emergency election plan to mail ballots to all active voters in New Jersey.

Spokane County, et al. v. State of Washington: Supreme Court of the State of Washington - Opinion

Document
Date
August 20, 2020
Case
Advocating for Fair Representation in Yakima County, Wash.

After CLC and partners filed a friend-of-the-court brief in this case, the Washington Supreme Court issued an opinion interpreting the Washington constitution's uniformity provisions in a way that underscores the constitutionality of the Washington Voting Rights Act.

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.

Falls v. Goins: Twentieth Judicial District Chancery Court for Davidson County - Plaintiffs' Reply to Defendants' Response in Opposition to Temporary Injunction

Document
Date
July 29, 2020
Case
Falls v. Goins (TN Out of State Convictions)

CLC filed this reply brief in support of Mr. Falls' and Mr. Bledsoe's request for a Temporary Injunction to allow them to vote on Aug. 6.

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.

Jones v. DeSantis: United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit - En Banc Brief

Document
Date
August 3, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis

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.

COVID-19 Litigation Update

Document
Date
May 31, 2020

Voting rights and redistricting litigation brought by CLC in response to the election challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Current as of May 2020. 

Election Defense Fund: The Work Ahead in 2020

Document
Date
June 16, 2020

More information about CLC's plan to protect the right to vote and redistricting during the COVID-19 pandemic

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.

Falls v. Goins - Complaint

Document
Date
July 21, 2020
Case
Falls v. Goins (TN Out of State Convictions)

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is representing two Tennessee citizens, Ernest Falls and Artie Bledsoe, who want to exercise their right to vote. Tennesseans, like these plaintiffs, who have been convicted of felonies in other states have an established legal right to vote in Tennessee if their rights of citizenship have been restored in the state of their conviction. This lawsuit seeks to verify that established legal right.

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.

Jones v DeSantis - U.S. Supreme Court - Order on petition to vacate stay

Decision
Date
July 16, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis

Jones v. DeSantis: United States Supreme Court - Reply Brief

Document
Date
July 15, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis

Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - Amicus Brief

Document
Date
July 14, 2020
Case
Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott

Designing State Voting Rights Acts: A Guide to Securing Equal Voting Rights for People of Color and a Model Bill

Document
Date
July 13, 2020
Case
Advocating for Fair Representation in Yakima County, Wash.

This guide is for community members, activists, legislators, and the media—anyone who wants to understand why state VRAs are necessary, and how they should be written to ensure that people of color and local governments have the necessary tools to secure equal voting rights.

Fisher v. Hargett: Supreme Court of Tennessee - Amicus Brief

Document
Date
July 9, 2020

On June 4, 2020, the Davidson County Chancery Court ordered the State of Tennessee to make absentee voting available to any Tennessee voter "who applies to vote by mail in order to avoid transmission or contraction of COVID-19." The State appealed the order, and the Tennessee Supreme Court assumed jurisdiction of the case. On July 9, 2020, the Campaign Legal Center filed an Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Tennessee, Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, Memphis Central Labor Council, Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute, The Equity Alliance, and Free Hearts, arguing that the Court should affirm the lower court's order, and ensure that every Tennessee voter is able to safely vote by mail this Fall.

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.

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