On November 8, 2019, CLC wrote to the Georgia Secretary of State on behalf of the League of Women Voters and League of Women Voters-Georgia to urge him to halt his planned purge of over 300,000 voters. The letter raises serious legal concerns with the purge and explains that a "use it or lose it" policy for voter registration punishes citizens who choose not to participate in every election and does not improve the integrity of the voter rolls. 

CLC sent a letter to Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill regarding a recent statement on felony disenfranchisement in Alabama. 

In addition to bringing claims on their own behalf, the Raysor Plaintiffs brought claims on behalf of a class of all Floridians who would be eligible for rights restoration, but for the fact they have outstanding legal financial obligations. On Septemebr 26, 2019, the Raysor Plaintiffs filed a motion to certifiy their class action.

Supplemental brief filed in support of Jones v. DeSantis.

CLC, on behalf of the Alabama Voting Rights Project, submitted written testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Administration's Subcommittee on Elections for the hearing in Birmingham, Alabama on "Voting Rights and Election Administration" on May 13, 2019. CLC encouraged Congress to revive the Voting Rights Act’s preclearance formula and asked that it use its powers under the 14th and 15th Amendments to end felony disenfranchisement in Alabama.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted written testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary's Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for the hearing on “Discriminatory Barriers to Voting” in Memphis, Tennessee on September 5, 2018. CLC recommended that Congress ensure that a restored Voting Rights Act explicitly covers both felony disenfranchisement and re-enfranchisement laws, practices, and procedures to ensure that all racially discriminatory practices and procedures are eliminated from our democratic process. 

On October 3, 2019, CLC filed a reply brief on merits in the Supreme Court of Florida. 

"Constitutional Challenges Facing Our Democracy: The Roberts Court’s Wrong Turns on Campaign Finance, Gerrymandering, and Voting Rights," a speech given by Trevor Potter at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana.

On September 12, CLC filed an amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) brief in support of the Plaintiffs in New York Immigration Coalition, et al. v. Rensselaer County Board of Elections, et al. CLC’s brief aims to clarify the history and proper interpretation of Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits voter intimidation. CLC’s brief also argues that the conduct Plaintiffs allege is a modern form of the type of conduct that Section 11(b) was designed to prohibit.

Opinion granting the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction and ordering the state not to enforce the challenged provisions of the law.

It is argued that the Court should reverse the District Court's judgment based on: (1) Just as the taxpayers had Article III injury to challenge the legality of the line-item-veto procedure that retained a substantively lawful tax liability, candidate Nix has Article III injury to challenge the legality of the Section 5 procedure that is retaining substantively lawful electoral burdens; (2) Just as the President’s unconstitutional cancellation of the Medicaid funding law did not “nullify” that law, the unconstitutional Section 5 cannot “nullify” Kinston’s referendum; and (3) Just as the taxpayers brought a facial challenge to the line-item veto even though the President’s cancellation discretion was non-reviewable, Plaintiffs can bring a facial challenge to Section 5 even though the Attorney General’s preclearance discretion is non-reviewable.

Plaintiff Hanover County and Defendants Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, and Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, through counsel, respectfully move the three-judge Court for entry of the attached Consent Judgment and Decree.

Plaintiff Yuba County Water Agency (“the Agency”) and defendants Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, and Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, through counsel, respectfully move the three-judge Court for entry of the attached Consent Judgment and Decree. 

Plaintiff Yuba County Water Agency (“the Agency”) and defendants Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, and Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, through counsel, propose to move the three-judge Court for entry of the attached Consent Judgment and Decree. 

On August 2, 2019, the Governor and Secretary of State filed a motion asking the Court to dismiss lawsuit brought by CLC on behalf of Bonnie Raysor, Diane Sherrill, and Lee Hoffman, as well as the actions brought by other Plaintiffs, on the grounds that the injuries alleged - that the Plaintiffs are unconstitutionally denied the right to vote under Florida’s interpretation of the rights restoration procedures adopted by voters in 2018 – cannot be remedied by a federal court. Defendants also argued that the Court should wait to decide the issues presented by Plaintiffs’ claims until the Florida courts have an opportunity to determine whether the denial of Plaintiffs’ right to vote was imposed by statute or by constitutional provision.

On August 29, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a joint memorandum opposing the State Defendants’ motion to dismiss, refuting their arguments that the court lacks authority to grant relief to Plaintiffs, and that the outcome of any state court proceedings would affect the resolution of the issues before this Court – namely, whether requiring returning citizens to pay off outstanding LFOs before they are eligible for automatic rights restorations violates the federal constitution. Plaintiffs also addressed a separate question raised by the Court in a hearing on August 15, 2019, arguing that the federal court can block enforcement of the unconstitutional LFO requirement without otherwise affecting the automatic restoration of rights to returning citizens that over 5 million Florida voters supported in 2018.  

On behalf of a group of community, civic, and labor organizations, CLC is challenging Tennessee’s recently enacted Law regulating voter registration activities. The Law intentionally restricts the rights of our Plaintiffs and similarly situated organizations to assist eligible Tennessee residents in registering to vote. The Law goes into effect on October 1, but it has already had a substantial impact on our Plaintiffs, and will continue to impose a substantial burden on their ability to engage in mission-critical outreach to engage their communities and members to ensure they are able to register and vote in Tennessee. As such, CLC and its co-counsel have filed a motion asking the court to block the law from going into effect until it issues a final judgment on the merits of Plaintiffs’ claims.

CLC and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) filed a complaint on behalf of the Spirit Lake Tribe and six other individuals. The lawsuit was filed against North Dakota Secretary of State Alvin Jaeger in order to combat North Dakota's voter ID policy and ensure that eligible Native American voters can cast a ballot on Election Day. 

On July 22, 2019, CLC and its co-counsel, Demos and MacArthur Justice Center, filed a motion for summary judgment on behalf of Plaintiffs Tommy Ray Mays II and Quinton Nelson, Sr., in Mays v. LaRose, a case challenging Ohio's law and policies that prevent late-jailed voters from exercising the right to vote. 

On August 2, CLC and co-counsel Chad Dunn, on behalf of Plaintiffs Bonnie Raysor, Diane Sherrill, and Lee Hoffman, joined with four other Plaintiff groups to file a joint Motion for a Preliminary Injunction in the consolidated case Jones v. DeSantis, 19-cv-300. The motion seeks to block enforcement of SB7066, the Florida law that conditions restoration of voting rights on the repayment of legal financial obligations.