Skip to main content
Home
Campaign Legal Center
Main Menu

Header

  • The Latest
  • Issues
    • Campaign Finance
    • Ethics
    • Redistricting
    • Voting Rights
  • Cases & Actions
  • About
    • Staff
    • Trustees & Advisors
    • Careers
    • Support Our Work

Header Secondary

  • Contact CLC
  • Media Center
  • Get Updates
  • Search
  • Donate

Filter by Type

  • Article (437)
  • Case / Action (97)
  • Document (964)
  • Media Mention (0)
  • (-) Press Release (276)

Filter by Issue Area

  • Campaign Finance (461)
  • Ethics (138)
  • (-) Redistricting (93)
  • (-) Voting Rights (213)

Filter by Document Type

Filter by Case/Action Status

Displaying 121 - 140 of 276 Results

Victory! Federal Court Provides Immediate Relief for Thousands of Georgia Voters

Date
November 2, 2018
Case
Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda v. Raffensberger
Issues
Voting Rights
Georgia is now ordered to allow voters who have been flagged and placed in pending status due to citizenship to vote a regular ballot in the November 2016 election.

Court Denies Temporary Restraining Order in North Dakota Voter ID Case

Date
November 1, 2018
Case
Spirit Lake Tribe, et al. v. Jaeger
Issues
Voting Rights
The US District Judge denied the request for relief for Native Americans that we were seeking from the North Dakota voter identification law.

Victory! Arizona Agrees to Adopt and Implement New Early-Ballot Signature Policy, Easing a Key Burden on Voting Rights

Date
October 26, 2018
Issues
Voting Rights
Maricopa County, AZ Recorder Adrian Fontes announced that he has agreed to adopt and implement a new early-ballot signature policy.

Nevada Adds Eligible Voters with Past Convictions to the Rolls After Campaign Legal Center Organizers Work to Reinstate Wrongly Denied Voters

Date
October 22, 2018
Issues
Voting Rights

More than 500 affected Nevada voters have been added to the rolls for November elections as a result of this effort

LAS VEGAS, NV – Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has come to an agreement with Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s office and the Clark County registrar after the county was...

Coalition of Civil Rights Groups Ask for Emergency Relief for Newly Naturalized Voters Suspended by Georgia’s Exact Match Process

Date
October 19, 2018
Case
Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda v. Raffensberger
Issues
Voting Rights
We filed an emergency motion in Georgia federal district court to make sure that persons inaccurately flagged as non-citizens under Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s flawed “exact match’ system can vote. Kemp’s “exact match” voter registration process relies on outdated citizenship data which...

Supermajority of Americans Want Supreme Court to Limit Partisan Gerrymandering

Date
September 11, 2017
Case
Gill v. Whitford
Issues
Redistricting

Bipartisan poll shows overwhelming support from Republicans, Independents and Democrats

In the first-ever bipartisan survey on partisan gerrymandering and the Supreme Court, an overwhelming majority (71 to 15 percent) of Americans want the Supreme Court to place limits on lawmakers’ ability to...

Coalition of Civil Rights Groups File Suit to Stop Georgia’s Unlawful Suspension and Cancellation of Voter Registration Applications

Date
October 11, 2018
Case
Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda v. Raffensberger
Issues
Voting Rights
Georgia’s ‘exact match’ protocol has resulted in the cancellation or rejection of tens of thousands of voter registration applications in the past. The reintroduction of this practice, which is known to be discriminatory and error-ridden, is appalling.

Tennessee Clarifies Voter Eligibility for People with Prior Felony Convictions

Date
September 25, 2018
Case
Advocating for State Voter Registration Forms to Comply with the NVRA
Issues
Voting Rights
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett has agreed to update his state’s website to correct inaccurate information about voter registration laws for citizens with past felony convictions.

Amended Whitford Complaint Highlights Harm Caused by Wisconsin’s Partisan Gerrymander to 40 Plaintiffs Across 34 Districts

Date
September 14, 2018
Case
Gill v. Whitford
Issues
Redistricting
CLC has added 28 new plaintiffs to the Wisconsin partisan gerrymander challenge, and submitted evidence proving that the state’s redistricting plan inflicted district-specific harm on plaintiffs by diluting their votes, as well as infringing all 40 plaintiffs’ associational rights.

Plaintiffs Victory in Partisan Gerrymandering Case Shifts Focus Back to Supreme Court

Date
August 27, 2018
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting
The fight for fair maps in North Carolina continues as a North Carolina Court ruled that the state’s maps are an unconstitutional gerrymander for the second time.

Plaintiffs Victory in Partisan Gerrymandering Case Shifts Focus Back to Supreme Court

Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting
The Supreme Court could hear North Carolina case in the 2018-19 term in time for new maps in 2020

New Online Tool Launched by CLC Will Help Up to 23 Million Americans Understand Their Voting Rights

Date
August 14, 2018
Issues
Voting Rights
CLC launched a new voting rights resource at RestoreYourVote.org to help as many as 23 million citizens with past felony convictions understand their voting rights in all 50 states and take the steps needed to exercise their right before the November 2018 election.

Fifth Circuit Denies True the Vote’s Attempted Late Entry into Texas Voter I.D. Challenge

Date
August 4, 2014
Case
Veasey v. Abbott
Issues
Voting Rights

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the effort by the organization True the Vote (“TTV”) to intervene in the Texas voter photo ID case.  True the Vote sought to intervene to defend the discriminatory law.  The trial court had denied intervention last year and True the Vote...

Tenth Circuit Urged to Deny Albuquerque’s Attempt to Fine Litigants and Lawyers for Seeking to Vindicate Voting Rights

Date
February 18, 2015
Case
Baca v. Berry
Issues
Redistricting
Voting Rights

Yesterday in Baca v. Berry, Campaign Legal Center attorneys, along with attorneys at Jenner & Block, filed a brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit responding to the City of Albuquerque’s efforts to obtain financial sanctions against four of its own citizens and their...

Law Professors Urge Supreme Court to Accept Case and Overturn North Carolina Redistricting Decision

Date
February 23, 2015
Case
Dickson v. Rucho
Issues
Redistricting

On February 17, 2015, in Dickson v. Rucho, Campaign Legal Center Executive Director J. Gerald Hebert joined with a dozen other nationally recognized election law professors in a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a case and overturn a state supreme court ruling upholding North Carolina’s...

Texas Voters Urge Fifth Circuit to Uphold Ruling Striking Down Texas Voter Photo ID Law

Date
March 3, 2015
Issues
Voting Rights

Today in Veasey v. Abbott, attorneys at the Campaign Legal Center, who serve as co-counsel for plaintiffs Congressman Marc Veasey, LULAC, and a group of Texas voters, filed a brief urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a District Court ruling striking down Texas’ voter photo ID law...

Austin Hosts Latest Voting Rights Institute to Train New Generation of Voting Rights Lawyers

Date
March 4, 2015
Issues
Voting Rights

On March 7, 2015, the Voting Rights Institute, a joint project of the Campaign Legal Center and American Constitution Society (ACS), will conduct the next voting rights training session in Austin, Texas to help fill the critical need for a new generation of voting rights lawyers, experts, and...

Meet the Victims of Texas' Voter Photo ID Law

Date
April 27, 2015
Case
Veasey v. Abbott
Issues
Voting Rights

Today, the Campaign Legal Center released a short film focusing on three lifelong voters disenfranchised by Texas’ voter photo ID law (SB 14), the most restrictive and burdensome voter ID law in the nation.  The ten-minute film produced by Firelight Media traces the efforts of the Campaign Legal...

Latest Voting Rights Institute to Train New Generation of Voting Rights Lawyers in Chicago

Date
May 5, 2015
Issues
Voting Rights

On May 7, 2015, the Voting Rights Institute, a joint project of the Campaign Legal Center and American Constitution Society (ACS), will conduct the next voting rights training session in Chicago, Illinois.  The ongoing Institute training sessions are helping to help meet the critical need for a new...

CLC Attorney to Argue Case Before Tenth Circuit Concerning Albuquerque’s Attempt to Fine Litigants and Lawyers for Seeking to Vindicate Voting Rights

Date
May 6, 2015
Case
Baca v. Berry
Issues
Voting Rights

Later today in Baca v. Berry, Campaign Legal Center attorneys, along with attorneys at Jenner & Block, will present oral argument in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado.  The City of Albuquerque is seeking to obtain financial sanctions against four of its...

Pagination

  • First page «
  • Previous page ‹
  • …
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Current page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • …
  • Next page ›
  • Last page »

Footer menu

  • About CLC
    • Staff
    • Board & Advisors
    • Careers
  • Support Our Work
    • Our Donors
    • Financials
  • Toolkits and Resources
    • DemocracyU
    • Stop Secret Spending
    • Restore Your Vote

Footer Social

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Footer Secondary

  • Contact CLC
  • The Latest
  • Media Center
© Campaign Legal Center 2020

Footer Legal

  • Privacy Policy