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Voting Rights Groups Challenge New Jersey Signature Match Ballot Requirement

Date
May 18, 2020
Case
LWVNJ v. Way
Establishing Fair Policies for Voting in States with Signature Match Requirements
Issues
Voting Rights
Thousands of ballots are rejected each election in New Jersey because of issues related to signature or penmanship, including a signature changing over time and disabilities affecting one’s ability to write.

New York Expands Options for Absentee Voters to Have Their Vote Counted

Date
September 18, 2020
Case
Lawsuit Challenging New York's Signature Match Procedure
Establishing Fair Policies for Voting in States with Signature Match Requirements
Issues
Voting Rights
This settlement, combined with legislative action, will give voters clarity and confidence heading into the fall.

Victory! New York Passes Law to Protect Absentee Voters from Ballot Rejection

Date
July 24, 2020
Case
Lawsuit Challenging New York's Signature Match Procedure
Establishing Fair Policies for Voting in States with Signature Match Requirements
Issues
Voting Rights
This bill is a huge step toward safeguarding the constitutional right of voters to have their votes counted.

Groups Seek Remedy for New York’s Highest-in-the-Nation Rate of Ballot Rejection

Date
July 8, 2020
Case
Lawsuit Challenging New York's Signature Match Procedure
Establishing Fair Policies for Voting in States with Signature Match Requirements
Issues
Voting Rights
All eligible voters should be able to have confidence that when they participate in an election, their vote will be counted.

CLC Suit Against Pennsylvania Seeks Uniform Procedures for Absentee Ballots in General Election

Date
August 7, 2020
Case
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Kathy Boockvar
Establishing Fair Policies for Voting in States with Signature Match Requirements
Issues
Voting Rights
Pennsylvania must create a uniform process to let voters fix signature-related issues with their mail-in ballots in order to give people confidence that their vote is being counted.

Pennsylvania Can No Longer Reject Ballots Solely Based on Signature Issues

Date
September 14, 2020
Case
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Kathy Boockvar
Establishing Fair Policies for Voting in States with Signature Match Requirements
Issues
Voting Rights
As a result of this case, Pennsylvania voters can cast their vote without fear that their ballot could be rejected solely because an election official – who isn’t trained in handwriting analysis – thinks their signatures don’t match.

Texas Governor’s Move to Limit Ballot Drop Off Locations is Blatant Voter Suppression

Date
October 2, 2020
Issues
Voting Rights
Our most important right as Americans is the right to vote and election officials at the state level should ensure that every eligible citizen has a safe and convenient way to vote in this election.

Federal Judge Rebukes Trump Campaign for Trying to Suppress Mail Voting

Date
September 30, 2020
Case
Trump v. Bullock
Issues
Voting Rights
Absentee and mail voting are important ways to ensure that seniors and others at high risk from COVID-19 can safely participate in the election and have their vote counted.

Campaign Legal Center Remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Fighter for Equality

Date
September 19, 2020
Issues
Voting Rights
Ginsburg’s passing comes at a critical moment when American democracy is at risk from actors who seek to undermine the legitimacy of elections and use the legal system to disenfranchise voters.

CLC Represents LWV of Montana in Motion to Intervene in Vote by Mail Challenge by Trump Campaign

Date
September 14, 2020
Case
Trump v. Bullock
Issues
Voting Rights
Montana counties should not be prevented from allowing their citizens to vote safely during the pandemic.

Appeals Court Leaves in Place Florida’s Pay-to-Vote Scheme

Date
September 11, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
Nobody should ever be denied their constitutional rights because they can’t afford to pay fines and fees.

Arkansas Voters File Lawsuit to Count Petition Signatures

Date
September 2, 2020
Case
Miller v. Thurston (Arkansas Redistricting Initiative)
Issues
Redistricting
Arkansans have the right to decide whether their district maps should be determined by voters or self-serving politicians.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nobody Can Be Excluded from 2020 Census Count

Date
July 21, 2020
Case
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status
Issues
Redistricting
The Trump Administration is sacrificing the accuracy and legitimacy of the 2020 Census for political gain.

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.

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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