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CLC v. Heritage Action

Updated
May 5, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

After the FEC failed to take action for over three years, CLC filed suit against the dark money group Heritage Action for America to enforce disclosure laws. Heritage Action spent over $1 million to influence federal elections in 2018 cycle without reporting its funding sources. 

Preventing Wealthy Special Interests from Using Shell Companies to Keep Their Political Spending Secret

Updated
April 26, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

To keep their electoral spending secret, wealthy special interests often funnel contributions through vaguely named LLCs or corporate entities — a violation of federal law that fundamentally undermines transparency. Campaign Legal Center (CLC) takes action to support robust enforcement of laws...

LUCHA v. Hobbs

Updated
March 31, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

Campaign Legal Center and co-counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of several national and Arizona-based organizations alleging that Arizona’s new anti-voter law — H.B. 2492 — imposes severe, arbitrary and discriminatory burdens on Arizona voters that undermine their freedom to vote and violate federal...

CLC v. FEC (Delay Suit—Trump Campaign Subvendor Reporting)

Updated
March 29, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC has sued the FEC for its failure to act on CLC’s July 2020 administrative complaint alleging that then-President Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign committee (and an associated fundraising committee) violated federal campaign finance transparency requirements by routing hundreds of millions of...

Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill

Updated
February 22, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a lawsuit against the Alabama Secretary of State on behalf of Greater Birmingham Ministries (GBM) to seek public records related to lists of purged voters, as well as Alabamians denied the right to vote due to felony convictions under the National Voter Registration...

CLC et al v. Scott

Updated
February 1, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

Campaign Legal Center (CLC), ACLU Texas, MALDEF, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and DĒMOS asked a district court to order Secretary of State John B. Scott to produce records responsive to their August and October 2021 records requests seeking information about the state’s new voter...

CLC v. 45Committee

Updated
April 22, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC sued the Federal Election Commission for failing to enforce transparency laws, thereby allowing large, anonymous donors to funnel millions of dollars into political activity through 45Committee, a dark money group. After the FEC failed to act, the court authorized CLC to file suit against...

FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate

Updated
December 8, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

Federal law limits candidates from using more than $250,000 in contributions raised post-election to repay personal loans candidates make to their campaigns. In 2018, Sen. Ted Cruz and his Senate campaign committee sued the FEC, complaining that this law violated the First Amendment.   

CLC v. Iowa Values

Updated
November 29, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC filed suit against Iowa Values, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the reelection of Sen. Joni Ernst, for failing to register as a PAC and disclose the sources and recipients of its election spending, depriving voters of the right to know who funded its efforts to influence a competitive Senate...

Passing the “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act” To Combat Racially Targeted Attacks on Americans’ Freedom To Vote

Updated
October 4, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

Congress should pass and President Biden should sign into law the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This bill would ensure that attempts to create barriers to voting that discriminate against voters based on race, color or national origin get federal review, so we all have an equal say in...

Passing the “Freedom to Vote Act” To Create A Democracy That Works for Us All

Updated
September 29, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights
Redistricting
Campaign Finance

Congress should pass and President Biden should sign into law the Freedom to Vote Act. This sweeping, transformative bill would make the promise of democracy more real for us all by increasing Americans’ access to the freedom to vote, curbing gerrymandering and improving the functionality of the...

Cervini v. Cisneros

Updated
September 14, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

Campaign Legal Center Action (CLCA) filed an amicus brief in support of campaign workers and supporters of a 2020 presidential campaign invoking their rights to be free from political intimidation.

Advocating for Polling Place Access in the Deep South

Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

Voters across the Deep South have seen a reduced access to the polls because of mass closures of polling places. Fewer polling places results in long wait times and longer journeys to the polls, reducing access to the ballot box for voters of color and low-income voters. CLC is working with...

VoteAmerica v. Schwab (Kansas)

Updated
June 2, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC sued Kansas over its law which makes it more difficult for public interest charities to assist voters with registering to vote and requesting absentee ballots.

Conforti v Hanlon

Updated
June 1, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is challenging New Jersey’s misleading ballot design that gives certain candidates a positional advantage and disproportionately burdens voters of color.  

CLC v. FEC (Delay Suit--Big Tent Project)

Updated
May 19, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC sued the FEC for failing to enforce federal transparency laws, enabling Big Tent Project, an entity funded by secret money, to avoid reporting its contributions, expenditures and debts. The FEC has failed to protect the public’s right to know who is seeking to influence elections.

VoteAmerica v. Raffensperger

Updated
April 7, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

In 2021, Georgia passed a new elections law that severely limits the ability of third parties to provide voters with assistance requesting, obtaining and submitting absentee ballot applications. CLC represents several organizations who distribute absentee ballot applications in challenging this...

Combatting State-Level Bills Restricting The Freedom To Vote

Updated
April 7, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

State lawmakers are proposing a record number of anti-voter bills in state legislatures across the country. These bills come in many forms and disproportionately target marginalized communities. CLC is actively working with state and local stakeholders to limit their impact through legal action...

Gaspee Project v. Mederos

Updated
April 27, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC assisted in the successful defense of a Rhode Island transparency law requiring groups that spend significant amounts of money to influence state elections to disclose their spending and certain contributors to voters.  

CLC v. FEC (Delay Suit–Heritage Action for America)

Updated
February 18, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC sued the FEC for its failure to act on the administrative complaint filed against Heritage Action for not disclosing who paid for its election advertising during the 2018 election cycle, violating federal law and depriving voters of the right to know who funded its spending to influence...

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