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Date
April 7, 2020
Issues
After Supreme Court ruling, states need to get ready to deal with a surge of mailed ballots in November.
Date
April 2, 2020
Issues
In a victory for voting rights, Tennessee lawmakers repealed onerous restrictions previously enacted in a 2019 law that sought to restrict and impose harsh penalties on community voter registration efforts.
Date
March 31, 2020
Case
Issues
It is now established law in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that states cannot discriminate against voters on the basis of wealth. Inability to pay should never be a barrier to the ballot box.
Date
March 30, 2020
Issues
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in Elster v. City of Seattle, a challenge to Seattle’s Democracy Voucher Program, which was approved by over 60% of city voters in 2015. The program – which went into effect in 2017 – offers any eligible adult city resident...
Date
March 17, 2020
Case
Issues
CLC's Paul Smith presented oral arguments by telephone to turn back a constitutional challenge to Michigan's democratically enacted citizens redistricting commission.
Date
March 13, 2020
Issues
Under no circumstances should the November general election be canceled or postponed, as that date is mandated by federal law.
Date
March 6, 2020
Issues
By passing a constitutional amendment to create the Virginia Redistricting Commission, lawmakers are signaling that the state is ready to turn the page on the last decade’s gerrymandering wars.
Date
March 3, 2020
Issues
The court got it wrong, but Ohio should follow the lead of jurisdictions like Colorado, Arizona, Illinois, and Washington D.C. by adopting policies that ensure jailed voters are informed of their rights.
Date
February 21, 2020
Issues
A thorough investigation of this complaint will help restore the public’s confidence that DOJ upholds its standards of insulating decisions from political influence.
Date
February 19, 2020
Case
Issues
The unanimous panel decision upholds the district court’s preliminary injunction of a Florida law which sought to condition voting rights restoration on the payment of restitution, fines, and fees as it applied to the plaintiffs in the case.
Issues
Joint Statement By North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger, Spirit Lake Nation, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Today, the Spirit Lake Nation, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, other Plaintiffs, and the North Dakota Secretary of State in Brakebill, et. al v. Jaeger and Spirit Lake et. al v. Jaeger a...
Date
February 13, 2020
Issues
It was a breakthrough for the state to recognize its responsibility to ensure that Native Americans have access to the identification needed to exercise their voting rights.
Date
February 13, 2020
Issues
Days before the February 18 voter registration deadline, questions remain about whether the online voter registration system is prepared.
Date
January 27, 2020
Case
Issues
Expedited hearing could determine voting rights eligibility for hundreds of thousands of Floridians in 2020 Presidential Primary Election.
Date
January 21, 2020
Issues
CLC will partner with Vote.org to reach millions of Americans with past felony convictions by increasing their access to information about their voting eligibility – in time for 2020 presidential primary voter registration deadlines.
Date
January 16, 2020
Case
Issues
The decision today by the Florida Supreme Court changes nothing in the ongoing federal lawsuit. We will continue to fight to ensure that people with felony convictions are not denied the right to vote based on their inability to pay.
Date
October 25, 2019
Case
Issues
CLC filed a brief in federal court requesting that the court extend this relief to all Floridians who are otherwise eligible but are denied the right to vote solely because of their inability to pay.
Date
January 10, 2020
Case
Issues
The appeals court must affirm this ruling and send a clear message to Florida that wealth based discrimination in voting is unjust. Hundreds of thousands of peoples’ rights hang in the balance.
Date
December 16, 2019
Issues
Today, Fair Fight Action and CLC filed an emergency motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Date
November 25, 2019
Case
Issues
In a decision yesterday, a judge denied plaintiffs’ motions filed by the Michigan Republican Party and special interests seeking to block Michigan’s voter-initiated Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.