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CLC’s Restore Your Vote Toolkit Cited As Key Resource in DOJ Guide

May 26, 2022
Case
Restore Your Vote: Felony Rights Restoration
Issues
Voting Rights

By linking to Restore Your Vote and using easy-to-follow flowcharts, the DOJ guide helps voters regain the freedom to vote. 

Virtual Event Video — Revitalizing Democracy in 2022: A Conversation with Author John Raidt

May 19, 2022
Issues
Campaign Finance
Redistricting
Voting Rights

During the event, Raidt discussed issues with political division and how we can address them to create a stronger democracy. 

CLC Testimony in Support of WVRA Amendments

Document
Date
February 25, 2022

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted testimony in support of amending the Washington Voting Rights Act (WVRA) to include a preclearance system. CLC’s testimony focused on the benefits of preclearing election law changes to avoid costly litigation and prevent discriminatory voting practices from coming into effect, as well as the ease of administering a preclearance system.

Success! Study Shows That CLC’s Restore Your Vote Outreach Increases Voter Participation

May 10, 2022
Case
Restore Your Vote: Felony Rights Restoration
Issues
Voting Rights

This study's findings demonstrate the importance of CLC’s efforts to ensure that discriminatory barriers don't prevent voters from completing the rights restoration process. 

Arkansas NAACP v. Arkansas Amicus Brief

Document
Date
April 25, 2022

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a friend of the court brief on behalf several former Department of Justice attorneys in Arkansas NAACP v. State of Arkansas. In Arkansas NAACP v. State of Arkansas, organizations appealed a federal district court’s decision that private parties are not allowed to file lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. 

TN NAACP v. Lee: U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Tennessee - Order Denying State's Motion to Dismiss

Document
Date
March 30, 2022
Case
TN NAACP v. Lee

On March 30, 2022, the U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Tennessee denied in large part Tennessee's motion to dismiss the Tennessee NAACP's challenge to the state's failed voting rights restoration process. The claims under the U.S. Constitution will proceed, as well as a claim that Tennessee has violated the National Voter Registration Act.

New Arizona Anti-Voter Law Places Discriminatory, Unnecessary Burdens on Voters

April 1, 2022
Case
LUCHA v. Hobbs
Combatting State-Level Bills Restricting The Freedom To Vote
Issues
Voting Rights

This law uses discriminatory requirements to deny certain Arizonans the right to vote early, by mail and in presidential elections. 

LUCHA v. Hobbs: U.S. District Court for Arizona – Plaintiffs’ Complaint

Document
Date
March 31, 2022
Case
LUCHA v. Hobbs
Combatting State-Level Bills Restricting The Freedom To Vote

On March 31, LUCHA, LULAC, Arizona Students’ Association and ADRC Action filed suit against Arizona Secretary of State Hobbs challenging H.B. 2492, an extreme anti-voter law that imposes documentary proof of residence and citizenship requirements on voter registration, discriminates against naturalized U.S. citizens and strips certain voters of the right to vote in presidential elections and by mail.

Native Voters Still Face Obstacles, White House Outlines a Path Forward

March 30, 2022
Issues
Voting Rights

The White House report urges federal, state and local governments to more to ensure Native Americans have equitable access to voting. 

CLC Testimony to Congress on Protecting the Freedom to Vote in Texas

Document
Date
March 17, 2022
Case
CLC et al v. Scott

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) provided written testimony to the Committee on House Administration ahead of a Subcommittee on Elections hearing on Texas voting practices. CLC and our partners recently took Texas to court over its discriminatory, illegal voter purge that disproportionately targeted naturalized U.S. citizens who registered to vote after obtaining their citizenship, and the litigation ultimately resulted in a settlement agreement ending the state’s flawed voter purge program.

Conservatives Haven’t Practiced What We’ve Preached on “Restrictive” View of the Constitution

March 29, 2022
Case
Citizens United v. FEC
McCutcheon v. FEC
Brnovich v. DNC
Shelby County, AL v. Holder
Issues
Campaign Finance
Voting Rights

Many who have been calling for judicial restraint have become jurists that seek to influence policy on issues like campaign finance and voting rights. 

CLC’s Trevor Potter Highlights How Arizona Bill Would Create Barriers to Voting

March 29, 2022
Case
LUCHA v. Hobbs
Combatting State-Level Bills Restricting The Freedom To Vote
Issues
Voting Rights

In an op-ed, Potter discusses how H.B. 2492 would make it harder to register to vote and participate in certain elections. 

Georgia Undermines The Will of Voters with Second Anti-Democracy Bill

March 22, 2022
Case
Combatting State-Level Bills Restricting The Freedom To Vote
Issues
Voting Rights

Georgia's voters will suffer if partisan politicians rewrite election laws to benefit themselves and make it harder to submit ballots. 

CLC Testimony in Opposition to Georgia Bill HB 1464

Document
Date
March 21, 2022

CLC submitted testimony in opposition to a new omnibus bill pending in the Georgia state legislature – HB 1464. The current version of the bill includes provisions allowing the Georgia Bureau of Investigations to intrude into the elections process, requiring any donation or gift (including food and water to voters) to be approved and distributed solely by the State Elections Board, and decreasing the number of voting machines at each precinct.

Letter Urging DC Board of Elections to Make Registration and Voting Accessible to Eligible Voters in Bureau of Prisons

Document
Date
February 8, 2022
Case
Assisting Voters in Jail

CLC with its partners on the DC Restore the Vote Coalition submitted testimony at the DC City Council’s oversight hearing for the DC Board of Elections (DC BOE). The testimony urges the DC BOE to make DC’s voter registration form accessible to eligible DC residents who are incarcerated in jails and the federal Bureau of Prisons and to adopt administrative practices to ensure ballot access for incarcerated voters.

CLC Op-Ed Urges Tennessee To Reform Rights Restoration Process

March 11, 2022
Case
Felony Voting Rights Restoration in Tennessee
Issues
Voting Rights

Pamela Moses' case shows why Tennessee must overhaul its harsh, convoluted rights restoration process to help people regain the freedom to vote. 

Florida Legislature Approves Bill To Establish Sham Election Crimes Agency

March 9, 2022
Issues
Voting Rights

This bill would restrict Floridians' freedom to vote and give partisan state officials greater control over elections. 

CLC v. Scott: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division – Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction and to Consolidate

Document
Date
March 8, 2022
Case
CLC et al v. Scott

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 filed a motion for preliminary injunction against Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott’s refusal to produce records responsive to their previous record requests made pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act. The requested records pertain to a state program that threatens to remove naturalized citizens from the voter rolls.

Three Promises President Biden Should Make During the State of the Union

March 1, 2022
Case
We Need Stronger Oversight of Congressional Stock Trades
Strengthening Congressional Ethics Laws and Holding Lawmakers Accountable for Violations
Issues
Ethics
Redistricting
Voting Rights

He should use this speech to discuss ways he could defend American democracy heading into the 2022 midterm elections. 

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