On July 8, 2021, CLC and partners filed a motion for preliminary injunction on behalf of clients VoteAmerica and Voter Participation Center asking the court to prevent enforcement of HB 2332 and to allow plaintiffs to distribute advance mail ballot applications to Kansas voters.

On July 9, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed rulemaking comments with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) urging it to act on REG 2011-02: Internet Communication Disclaimers. This rulemaking has been languishing for almost a decade, during which time the FEC’s regulation of political advertising—especially digital ads, including those on connected television—has become dangerously outdated.

On July 7, 2021, CLC sent a letter to the DOJ requesting an investigation into whether Evan Muhlstein violated 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a) by making false representations to the FEC, and into whether those behind America Progress Now knowingly and willfully violated federal campaign finance law. The letter follows the publication in the Guardian of documents from a Facebook investigation into America Progress Now.

Campaign Legal Center and Center on Science & Technology Policy at Duke University filed a rulemaking petition with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) asking the agency to close transparency loopholes that have allowed campaigns and political action committees (PAC) to disguise millions of dollars in political spending.

On June 21, 2021, a federal district court issued an opinion in New Jersey Bankers Association v. Grewal that in part upheld New Jersey's longstanding statutory prohibition against banks making contributions to state candidates. CLC filed an amicus brief supporting New Jersey's defense of its bank contribution prohibition in December 2020. 

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) Action filed suit on behalf of End Citizens United against the FEC after it dismissed a complaint alleging the Trump campaign illegally solicited unlimited contributions to the super PAC America First Action. CLC Action is suing the FEC to force it to do its job and hold the Trump campaign accountable for violating the laws designed to limit money’s influence on politics.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a letter to the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) identifying ways the office can assist in expanding citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process, in accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order Promoting Access to Voting.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) and Election Assistance Commission (EAC) identifying ways the agencies can assist in expanding citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process, in accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order Promoting Access to Voting.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a letter to the U.S. Marshals Service identifying ways the agency can assist in expanding citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process, in accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order Promoting Access to Voting. 

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a letter to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) identifying ways the agency can assist in expanding citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process, in accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order Promoting Access to Voting.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a letter to the Department of Education identifying ways the agency can assist in expanding citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process, in accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order Promoting Access to Voting.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) identifying ways the agency can assist in expanding citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process, in accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order Promoting Access to Voting.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a letter to Justin Levitt, White House Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy & Voting Rights, and Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, offering suggestions regarding implementation of Executive Order 14019. Attached are six additional letters to specific federal agencies identifying ways they can assist in expanding citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process. 

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted the attached letter to the chair of the North Carolina House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations, urging the chair and committee to oppose anti-transparency legislation that is before the committee. The bill, S.B. 636, would make information about donors to 501(c) nonprofit organizations confidential and prohibit the disclosure of donor information, subject to narrow legal exceptions.

On June 11, 2021, Danielle Lang, Campaign Legal Center's (CLC) director of voting rights, testified on two of the most significant ways in which the right to vote has been restricted in recent years: first through attacks on the quality of in-person voting sites, i.e., polling places, and second through restrictions on opportunities to vote–including early voting, vote-by-mail and drop boxes. Both topics highlight the dire need for federal legislative action to ensure that all levels of government afford Americans meaningful and equitable opportunities to exercise their fundamental right to vote.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an amicus brief on behalf of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey and Salvation and Social Justice in a case challenging New Jersey’s primary ballot design rules. The brief focuses on the harms that these flawed ballot design rules impose on voters, and particularly voters of color.

This manual is designed to provide all the tools citizens with convictions, activists, and advocates need to help people in Alabama know if they can vote or to restore their right to vote. It was last updated as of March 2021.