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CLC Files Complaint Against Pop-Up Super PAC For Coordination with Renacci Campaign

Date
November 14, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

WASHINGTON – Today, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint against the super PAC MeToo Ohio for unlawfully coordinating with an Ohio U.S. Senate candidate’s campaign through the use of a common vendor and for using an evasive scheme to keep voters in the dark about its sources of funding...

CLC, Issue One and Former Lawmakers Urge FEC to Stop Politicians’ Abuse of Leadership PACs

Date
November 16, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Issue One and five former lawmakers from both parties submitted comments urging the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to proceed with a rulemaking clarifying that the ban on personal use of campaign funds should apply to leadership PACs, in order to...

CLC, Issue One and Former Members of Congress Call on FEC to Write Rules Prohibiting Personal Use of Leadership PAC Funds

Date
July 24, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
CLC and Issue One filed a petition for rulemaking with the FEC asking the agency to clarify that the prohibition on the personal use of campaign funds also applies to a politician’s leadership PAC.

Arizona Groups File to Protect Constitutional Rights of Mail-In Voters

Date
November 9, 2018
Issues
Voting Rights
Pollworkers are not handwriting experts, and whether someone’s ballot counts should not be determined on the whim of an official who mistakenly concludes that a voter’s signature is not genuine.

Firing Sessions is an Improper Attempt to Obstruct Special Counsel Investigation

Date
November 7, 2018
Issues
Ethics
This is a dangerous and authoritarian step, and threatens the rule of law. The President is seeking to control or influence an investigation into activities of his presidential campaign and some of its top officials.

Ohio is Depriving Late-Jailed Citizens from Exercising Constitutional Rights, Lawsuit Says

Date
November 6, 2018
Case
Tommy Ray Mays II, et al. v. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose
Issues
Voting Rights
Under Ohio's system, eligible voters who are detained pretrial by the state are being unconstitutionally denied their fundamental right to vote. CLC filed an emergency lawsuit to block this practice of disenfranchisement.

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...

Heritage Action Violates New FEC Disclosure Requirements

Date
October 16, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Heritage Action for America, the advocacy arm of the Heritage Foundation, violated the law by failing to disclose the contributors who funded hundreds of thousands in independent expenditures.

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.

FEC Rule Kept as Much as $769 Million in Political Spending in the Dark

Date
October 10, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
A new CLC analysis shows the impact of the FEC’s inadequate disclosure rule that was struck down in an August 3 DC District Court decision.

Democracy Dies in Darkness: Voters Have Right to Know Funders of Online Political Ads

Date
September 24, 2018
Case
Washington Post v. McManus
Issues
Campaign Finance
CLC is defending the right of Maryland to promote an informed electorate and protect its citizens from foreign actors seeking to influence their votes.

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.

CLC President Trevor Potter Applauds Senate E-Filing Measure That Will Increase Transparency, Improve Accuracy in Campaign Finance Reporting

Date
September 21, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
In a victory for transparency in campaign finance, the Senate has finally joined the 21st century by moving to e-filing system, years after it was implemented in the House.

Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Denial of Emergency Request from Dark Money Group Crossroads GPS to Avoid Disclosing its Donors

Date
September 18, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Citizens United is often blamed for the explosion in dark money – but the fault also lies with the FEC for failing to adequately interpret and enforce the disclosure laws on the books. Now that the regulation is no longer in effect, the disclosure statute can operate as Congress intended.

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.