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Extending Campaign Finance Statute of Limitations Would Promote Greater Accountability

November 4, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

Many wrongdoers can currently escape consequences if their campaign finance violations are only discovered years later, but a new bill could change that. 

Voters Move Toward a More Accountable and Transparent Oregon

November 4, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

Measure 107 in Oregon will allow the state to begin implementing campaign contribution limits. 

Virginia Voters Pass Historic Amendment to State Constitution, Choosing Fair Maps Over Gerrymandering

Date
November 4, 2020
Case
Movement to Establish Citizen-Led Redistricting Commissions in the States
Issues
Redistricting
This amendment will help Virginia adopt fair maps and a more inclusive process.

We Must Have Patience While Election Officials Count Every Vote

November 2, 2020

It is time to let election officials do their job of counting every vote. 

National Task Force on Election Crises Releases Guidance on How to Protect Elections in the Age of COVID-19

Date
March 26, 2020
Case
Coronavirus: Protecting Voter Access and Ensuring Emergency Election Preparedness
Issues
Voting Rights
The National Task Force on Election Crises released the first of several planned guides for how to respond to potential disruptions of the 2020 general election. The COVID-19 Election Guide, available here, addresses how state and local officials can protect

Congressional Candidate Lance Harris Illegally Funnels Money to Super PAC

Date
October 30, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

Washington, DC – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Louisiana U.S. Congressional candidate Lance Harris violated the law by using his state campaign committee to fund a federal super PAC supporting his run for Congress and...

Branstad’s Ethics Violations Yet Again Demonstrate the Need for Reform

October 30, 2020
Issues
Ethics

Congress must act to pass legislation that codifies the White House ethics pledge and expands those subject to disclosure requirements. 

CLC Complaint: Congressional Candidate Lance Harris Illegally Funnels Money to Super PAC

October 30, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

The FEC should enforce the law to prevent super PACs from acting as arms of campaigns. 

Too Little and Too Late: Quorum To Be Reinstated at the FEC

October 30, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

An election watchdog might be able to finally do its job again, but only after the 2020 general election. 

What To Do if You Encounter Voter Intimidation

October 20, 2020
Issues
Voting Rights

You have a right to vote, and if someone is preventing you from exercising that right, speak up. 

Washington State AG To Sue Google Again for Political Ad Transparency Violations

October 26, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

Despite enforcement actions that have resulted in Google being penalized, the platform has continued to fail to comply with transparency requirements. 

Education and Outreach Can Beat Voter Intimidation

October 22, 2020
Issues
Voting Rights

Local election officials should inform people of their fundamental rights to encourage them to vote. 

Local Election Officials Share What Voters Should Know for the 2020 Election

October 23, 2020
Case
Coronavirus: Protecting Voter Access and Ensuring Emergency Election Preparedness
Issues
Voting Rights

The biggest takeaways? Vote early and go to reputable, official sources for information. 

Presidential Electors Must Be Chosen Before Election Day

October 28, 2020

The laws and deadlines guiding when and how electors are chosen will help voters' voices be heard. 

Federal Contractors Continue to Ignore Contribution Ban and Donate to Super PACs

October 28, 2020
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts
Issues
Campaign Finance

The FEC should enforce contractor contribution ban violations to prevent wealthy special interests from unfairly benefitting. 

CLC Complaint Alleges Six Government Contractors Made Over $1,080,000 in Illegal Contributions

Date
October 28, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

Washington, DC – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed new complaints with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that six government contractors violated the ban on active federal contractors making political contributions.

Marathon Petroleum, Amedisys, Kirby Smith Machinery, Excel...

CLC Pushes for State Transparency in Elections: Voters Have a Right to Know

June 24, 2020
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

Transparency is a key first step in holding government accountable to citizens, so here is what states are doing to make our campaign finance disclosure regime reflects the current reality.

Ban to Protect Against Pay-to-Play in Government Contracting Tested Like Never Before

August 2, 2018
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts

CLC filed two complaints this week after one federal contractor donated to the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action, and another to a super PAC supporting a U.S. Senate candidate.

$760,000 in Illegal Contributions Returned or Reattributed Thanks to Recent CLC Complaints

October 30, 2018
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts
Issues
Campaign Finance

FEC inaction has signaled to political operatives that they can push the legal envelope and get away with it. But there are at least two areas in which the fear of FEC action appears still to carry some weight: illegal straw donor schemes and illegal contractor contributions.

When No News is Good News

December 1, 2015
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts
Issues
Campaign Finance

These days, advocates for reasonable campaign finance rules cheer when the Supreme Court chooses to do nothing at all.  Yesterday, we welcomed the news that the high Court declined to grant certiorari in Yamada v. Shoda (Snipes), which leaves standing a strong Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision...

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