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This document is a template request for an advisory opinion on voter eligibility. Any Floridian who is unsure of their eligibility may submit this document to the Florida Division of Elections to request an opinion on their eligibility. However, to be eligible no voter need submit this form. For more information on eligibility to vote in Florida, visit RestoreYourVote.org.
On May 19, 2020, CLC filed a complaint in federal court challenging Minnesota’s requirement that voters have a witness sign their absentee ballots in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit also challenges the requirement that the witness be a registered Minnesota voter. CLC represents the League of Women Voters of Minnesota Education Fund and Minnesota voter Vivian Latimer Tanniehill, and Lathrop GPM LLP serves as co-counsel.
On May 11, 2020, filed a complaint in federal court on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and its Texas chapter (Texas LULAC) challenging the State of Texas’s restrictions on who can apply for and cast absentee ballots in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The Complaint alleges that Texas’s absentee ballot scheme unduly burdens Texans’ fundamental right to vote, has a disparate impact on Texas’s Latino population in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and discriminates on the basis of age in violation of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment.
On May 11, 2020, CLC filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and its Texas chapter (Texas LULAC) in a lawsuit brought against the State of Texas challenging its restrictions on who can apply for and cast absentee ballots in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
CLC filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that the Democratic dark money group Big Tent Project Fund, which spent nearly $5 million in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary and appears to have a major purpose of influencing federal elections, violated the law by failing to register as a political committee and publicly disclose its donors.
Records of stock transactions from various Senators and Representatives of both parties that occurred between mid-March to mid-April.
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.
CLC filed an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit on October 29, 2019 urging it to set aside the district court decision in CREW v. FEC (New Models). The lower court found that the FEC’s post-deadlock dismissal of CREW’s enforcement complaint was not subject to judicial review because the two no-voting commissioners included a passing reference to “prosecutorial discretion” in their statement of reasons for the dismissal.
On April 22, 2020, CLC and Arkansas Voters First filed a lawsuit against Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston to seek several protections for voters who wish to have their voice heard in the democratic process with a ballot initiative to reform redistricting in November 2020.
On April 14, 2020, Plaintiffs in Jones v. DeSantis filed their trial brief, which sets forth their legal arguments and summarizes the evidence that they will introduce at trial.
On April 15, 2020, a unanimous Sixth Circuit panel upheld the lower court’s decision that denied individual Republicans’ and the Michigan Republican Party’s attempt to delay and prevent the implementation of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and 150 organizations including Campaign Legal Center (CLC) signed a letter urging Congress to pass additional measures that would fully fund and direct states and counties to administer the 2020 elections in a safe, fair, and accessible manner. The letter advocates for at least $4 billion to prepare for the 2020 November General Election to aid in the implementation of vote-by-mail and the expansion of early voting and in-person voting options.
CLC joined a coalition of twenty-nine organizations to urge Florida’s Governor, Legislature, and election officials to adopt reforms to ensure that the general election is safe, secure, and accessible in light of the coronavirus pandemic.