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Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott

Updated
May 11, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is challenging Texas’s strict limitations on who can vote absentee even during the pendency of the COVID-19 crisis, which force voters to choose between jeopardizing their health by voting in person or not voting at all.

Judge: Ruling at Upcoming Trial Will Apply to Hundreds of Thousands of Florida Voters Seeking Rights Restoration

Date
April 7, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
The judge's class certification makes clear that whatever the outcome of the trial, it will apply broadly to hundreds of thousands of voters seeking rights restoration in Florida

Sinner v. Jaeger

Updated
May 6, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

CLC is challenging North Dakota’s onerous requirements to get North Dakota Voters First’s (NDVF) proposed constitutional amendment before voters. NDVF, CLC’s client, is seeking to implement impartial legislative redistricting and instant runoff voting in North Dakota.

A. Phillip Randolph Institute v. Hargett

Updated
May 1, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is challenging Tennessee’s strict limitations on who can vote absentee, its criminal penalties to deter people from assisting voters to obtain absentee ballots, and the inability for absentee voters to fix their ballots if they are rejected due to a perceived mismatch with their signature on...

Self Advocacy Solutions v. Jaeger

Updated
May 1, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is challenging North Dakota’s policy of rejecting absentee ballots because of its error-prone signature verification process without first informing voters there is a problem with their ballot or giving them an opportunity to fix it and have their vote count.

Spirit Lake Tribe, et al. v. Jaeger

Updated
April 24, 2020
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

North Dakota’s voter ID law requires that voters’ identification include their current residential street address in order to cast a regular ballot. The use of a residential address requirement negatively impacts the ability of Native Americans living on reservations in North Dakota to exercise...

North Dakota Agrees to Court-Ordered Relief Easing Voter ID Laws for Native Americans on Reservations

Date
April 24, 2020
Case
Spirit Lake Tribe, et al. v. Jaeger
Issues
Voting Rights
This is a sweeping victory for Native American voting rights, and one that should send a message to other states looking to impose restrictive voting measures that disenfranchise historically marginalized groups.

CLC, Arkansas Voters First File Suit To Challenge Signature Requirement, Allow Citizens’ Voice in Redistricting

Date
April 22, 2020
Case
Miller v. Thurston (Arkansas Redistricting Initiative)
Issues
Redistricting
Arkansans deserve the right to decide whether their voting district maps will be drawn by a neutral commission or politicians pursuing a partisan agenda.

Court Upholds Michigan’s Right to Move Forward with Independent Redistricting Commission

Date
April 15, 2020
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting
Taking partisanship out of drawing electoral maps is critical to advancing the principle of accountability in government.

We Can Protect Democracy Even as We Safeguard Our Health

Date
April 13, 2020
Issues
Voting Rights
Congress must provide states with at least $4 billion to prepare for the 2020 November and primary elections, and time is of the essence.

Gill v. Whitford

Updated
October 10, 2017
Status
Closed
Issues
Redistricting

CLC, along with private co-counsel, represent 12 Wisconsin voters who have challenged the state’s Assembly district lines as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander in Gill v. Whitford. Our case is the first purely partisan gerrymandering case to go to trial in 30 years and has the potential to...

Chiafalo v. Washington

Updated
April 8, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

CLC is advocating in favor of state laws requiring that presidential electors follow the popular vote in their state.

After Supreme Court Decision, States Must Prepare for Surge of Absentee Ballots in November

Date
April 7, 2020
Issues
Voting Rights
After Supreme Court ruling, states need to get ready to deal with a surge of mailed ballots in November.

Tennessee Removes Anti-Voter Registration Provisions Following Federal Legal Challenge

Date
April 2, 2020
Case
League of Women Voters of Tennessee v. Tre Hargett
Issues
Voting Rights
In a victory for voting rights, Tennessee lawmakers repealed onerous restrictions previously enacted in a 2019 law that sought to restrict and impose harsh penalties on community voter registration efforts.

VICTORY: 11th Circuit Ruling Blocking Florida Fines and Fees Law Stands

Date
March 31, 2020
Case
Jones v. DeSantis
Issues
Voting Rights
It is now established law in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that states cannot discriminate against voters on the basis of wealth. Inability to pay should never be a barrier to the ballot box.

Advocating for Fair Representation in Yakima County, Wash.

Updated
January 24, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Voting Rights

Yakima County uses a voting system that consistently prevents its Latino residents from electing their preferred candidates to the County Commission. CLC notified the County Commission that this system violates the Washington Voting Rights Act, and called on the commission to adopt ranked-choice...

Supreme Court Leaves Seattle’s Democracy Voucher System in Place, Protecting Innovative Campaign Finance Reform and Preserving Self-Government

Date
March 30, 2020
Case
Elster v. City of Seattle
Issues
Campaign Finance
Voting Rights

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in Elster v. City of Seattle, a challenge to Seattle’s Democracy Voucher Program, which was approved by over 60% of city voters in 2015. The program – which went into effect in 2017 – offers any eligible adult city resident...

Sixth Circuit Hears CLC's Arguments Against Attack on Citizen-Led Redistricting

Date
March 17, 2020
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting
CLC's Paul Smith presented oral arguments by telephone to turn back a constitutional challenge to Michigan's democratically enacted citizens redistricting commission.

Martin v. Kemp

Updated
October 23, 2018
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights

Gwinnett County, the second largest county in Georgia located northeast of Atlanta, rejected hundreds of mail-in ballots for immaterial errors and omissions. CLC filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of voters challenging these rejections.

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