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.

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. 

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. 

CLC and Issue One filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court, arguing that states are permitted to require presidential electors to vote for the winner of the popular vote in their home state, and showing that federal and state laws are not currently sufficient to ensure the transparency and legitimacy of the electoral college voting process if the electors are unbound.

On April 28, 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Chiafalo v. Washington (linked with Colorado Department of State v. Baca), a constitutional challenge to the requirement that presidential electors – the people who physically cast their state’s electoral votes – must vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in their state.

As public health precautions around the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause disruptions and delays to the ongoing primary elections, states must take steps now to ensure that the general election in November runs smoothly.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) joined a coalition of national and Ohio-based groups urging Ohio’s Governor and Secretary of State to take immediate action to protect Ohioans’ right to vote and ensure a safe and orderly primary election in Ohio. 

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) joined with partners in Arizona to urge the state’s Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General to take immediate action to protect Arizonans’ right to vote and ensure a safe and orderly primary election in Arizona. 

This is the list of felony convictions that strip a person of the right to vote in Alabama. No other felonies take away the right to vote in Alabama. Even if your conviction is on this list, you may still have a path to rights restoration through a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote. Visit RestoreYourVote.org for more information.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) requested an investigation into whether U.S. Representative Steven Palazzo converted campaign funds to personal use in violation of House rules and FECA.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) wrote to Congress urging them to allocate funding for critical nonpartisan election reforms for the 2020 general election in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) joined a coalition of over 200 national, state, and local voting rights and good government groups to advocate for the rapid adoption of key policies to protect voting rights and ensure the safe and orderly conduct of the 2020 general election. 

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and a coalition of good government groups wrote a letter to the Wisconsin Governor and the Wisconsin state legislature asking them to consider several steps to increase opportunities for voting during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that all Wisconsin citizens are able to participate in the upcoming April 7 primary election.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) joined 150+ civil and voting rights organizations to urge Congress to include funding for election administrators in the Phase Three COVID-19 aid bill. These funds are critical for state and local election administrators to be able to implement policies to ensure that voters have access to the ballot in the November general election amidst the spread of COVID-19.

On March 11, the Campaign Legal Center and More Equitable Democracy submitted written testimony in support of the New York Voting Rights Act (S. 7528) because it would allow communities of color across the state of New York to participate equally in the election of their representatives. In particular it allows for the adoption of remedies like ranked choice voting and cumulative voting that can enfranchise integrated communities of color (while the federal Voting Rights Act still only offers protections to relatively segregated minority communities).

CLC asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether former U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen violated federal law’s revolving door ban at 18 U.S.C. § 207(f) by appearing to provide behind-the-scenes support for Hong Kong's lobbying efforts less than one year after leaving Congress.

CLC provided testimony in support of SB 372, a bill that would require the state provide information and support to justice involved voters, including voters in jails.

Campaign Legal Center, Demos and the MacArthur Justice Center filed a brief saying that the district court correctly concluded that late-jailed voters are legally entitled to equal access to the ballot. The brief calls on the appeals court to affirm the lower court’s decision and apply that decision to all voters facing similar circumstances.

Campaign Legal Center requested an investigation into whether U.S. Representative Devin Nunes is receiving legal services in violation of House ethics rules.