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On Aug. 2, 2022, a federal district court in Texas ordered Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott to produce records responsive to National Voter Registration Act requests made by Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU Texas), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and DĒMOS. The requested records pertain to a state program that threatens to remove naturalized citizens from the voter rolls.
On Aug. 2, 2022, a federal district court in Texas ordered Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott to produce records responsive to National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) requests made by Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU Texas), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and DĒMOS. The requested records pertain to a state program that threatens to remove naturalized citizens from the voter rolls.
On July 20, 2022, Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Manchin (D-WV) and 14 bipartisan cosponsors introduced the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022 (ECRA) (S. 4573), and this vital legislation would update the Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA) and help prevent attempts to sabotage the results of presidential elections. In this position paper, Campaign Legal Center urges Congress to modernize the ECA without further delay.
On Oct. 17, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed public comments with the New York Public Campaign Finance Board regarding its draft regulations to implement New York’s public financing program for statewide and legislative office candidates. CLC's comments include several recommendations that would establish critical guidance for candidates opting into the program, strengthen public confidence in the state’s democratic processes and continue to ensure a government that is accountable to all voters.
On July 28, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that WinRed, a federal political committee that acts as a fundraising conduit for earmarked contributions, violated federal campaign finance laws by failing to disclose its operating expenditures.
Buchanan v. Wyoming Gun Owners: U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit - CLC Amicus Curiae Brief
On July 25, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an amicus brief in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to defend the constitutionality of Wyoming’s “electioneering communications” disclosure law and to urge reversal of the lower court’s decision striking down important provisions of this law.
On July 25, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Angel Staffing Inc. violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $250,000 to Protect and Serve PAC, a super PAC, while negotiating or performing under federal contracts.
On July 18, the plaintiffs amended their complaint against Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs challenging H.B. 2492 and H.B. 2243, an extreme anti-voter law that imposes documentary proof of residence and citizenship requirements on voter registration, discriminates against naturalized U.S. citizens, Native Americans, Latinos and members of other racial and language minority communities, and strips certain voters of the right to vote in presidential elections and by mail. The amended complaint adds claims under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and Voting Rights Act, includes new plaintiffs, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona and Arizona Coalition for Change, and adds a challenge to H.B. 2243.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has sued the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for its dismissal of CLC’s administrative complaint alleging that then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign committee (and an associated fundraising committee) violated federal campaign finance reporting requirements. The lawsuit is based on an administrative complaint CLC filed with the FEC in July 2020 and supplemented in January 2021, which alleged that the committees routed payments to campaign vendors through firms with close ties to the campaign, concealing the details of the committees’ spending from the public.
On July 5, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that MEI Services, Inc. violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $90,000 to Patriots PAC, LLC, a super PAC, while negotiating or performing under federal contracts.