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Kansas Supreme Court Rules Against Voters, Fair Maps

Date
May 18, 2022
Case
Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab
Issues
Redistricting
In a decision that will have ramifications for Kansas' voters for a decade, Kansas' Supreme Court reversed the district court's ruling the state’s recently enacted congressional map constituted a partisan gerrymander and intentionally diluted the voting power of racial minorities, violating the...

CLC Takes Fight for Fair Maps to Kansas Supreme Court

Date
May 16, 2022
Case
Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab
Issues
Redistricting
Paul Smith, senior vice president of Campaign Legal Center, issued the following statement after oral arguments at the Kansas Supreme Court regarding a congressional gerrymander concluded.

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.

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. 

Harkenrider, et al v. Hochul, et al – CLC and Citizens Union Amicus Brief

Document
Date
April 24, 2022

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Citizens Union filed an amicus brief in support of neither party explaining the harms and undemocratic nature of extreme partisan gerrymandering and urging the New York Court of Appeals to apply the state’s express constitutional standards barring gerrymandering and invalidate any maps that constitute partisan gerrymanders.

Victory for Fair Maps in Kansas!

Date
April 25, 2022
Case
Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab
Issues
Redistricting
A Kansas district court ruled that the state’s recently enacted congressional map constituted a partisan gerrymander and intentionally diluted the voting power of racial minorities, violating the Kansas Constitution.

Alonzo v. Schwab: Wyandotte County District Court – Decision Granting Permanent Injunction of Challenged Congressional Plan

Document
Date
April 25, 2022
Case
Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab

Following a four-day trial, a Kansas district court concluded that the congressional map enacted by the Kansas Legislature is a partisan gerrymander that also intentionally and effectively dilutes minority votes in violation of the Kansas Constitution. The court enjoined the use of the map in future elections, including in 2022.

Harkenrider, et al v. Hochul, et al – CLC Amicus Brief

Document
Date
April 19, 2022

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an amicus brief in support of neither party explaining the harms and undemocratic nature of extreme partisan gerrymandering and urging a New York appellate court to apply the state’s express constitutional standards barring gerrymandering and invalidate any maps that constitute partisan gerrymanders.

Alonzo v. Schwab: Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Wyandotte County District Court Civil Department - Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

Document
Date
April 19, 2022
Case
Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab

Following a four-day trial in Wyandotte County District Court, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and its partners filed proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, asking the trial court to hold that the Kansas congressional redistricting plan, known as Ad Astra 2, violates the Kansas Constitution because it is an extreme partisan gerrymander and because it intentionally dilutes the votes of minority voters.

Brief of Amicus Curiae Campaign Legal Center

Document
Date
April 14, 2022
Case
In the Matter of the 2022 Maryland Legislative Redistricting

Campaign Legal Center submitted this amicus brief to the Maryland Court of Appeals advocating for the court to explicitly rule that partisan gerrymandering violates the Maryland Declaration of Rights.

Discriminatory Washington State Legislative Map to Remain in Place for 2022 Election, Lawsuit Heads to Trial

Date
April 13, 2022
Case
Soto Palmer, et al., v. Hobbs, et al.
Issues
Redistricting
CLC's Paul Smith issued the following statement after a district court in Washington denied a CLC motion to block the enacted state legislative map for district 15 from going into effect for the 2022 election cycle.

Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee Voting Rights Restoration Process Moves Toward Trial

Date
April 6, 2022
Case
TN NAACP v. Lee
Felony Voting Rights Restoration in Tennessee
Issues
Voting Rights
A district court has rejected Tennessee's attempt to dismiss challenges to the systemic failures of Tennessee’s voting rights restoration process, and the case will now proceed to trial.

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.

Victory! Court Upholds Maps Developed by Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission

Date
April 5, 2022
Case
Banerian v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting
The district court upheld the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission's congressional maps, ruling that these maps were the closest to complying with the U.S. Supreme Court's "one-person, one-vote rule."

Banerian v. Benson: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan Southern Division - Order Denying Preliminary Injunction

Document
Date
April 1, 2022
Case
Banerian v. Benson

On April 1, 2022, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction in Banerian v. Benson, upholding the Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission’s enacted congressional redistricting plan.

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.

CLC Lawsuit Challenges Arizona’s Discriminatory Anti-Voter Law

Date
March 31, 2022
Case
LUCHA v. Hobbs
Combatting State-Level Bills Restricting The Freedom To Vote
Issues
Voting Rights
H.B. 2492 denies eligible Arizona voters the right to vote based solely on which type of voter registration form they submit and whether they can obtain, copy and submit paperwork that proves their current residence and U.S. citizenship status with their voter registration.

CLC President Speaks Out on Anti-Voter Law in Arizona

Date
March 30, 2022
Case
LUCHA v. Hobbs
Combatting State-Level Bills Restricting The Freedom To Vote
Issues
Voting Rights
CLC President Trevor Potter condemned the anti-voter bill that Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed into law because it would create new barriers to the freedom to vote.

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.

CLC President Speaks Out on Anti-Democracy Bill in Georgia

Date
March 22, 2022
Case
Combatting State-Level Bills Restricting The Freedom To Vote
Issues
Voting Rights
Trevor Potter, CLC's founder and president, discussed how Georgia's H.B. 1646 would undermine the freedom to vote and change election procedures to benefit partisan politicians if signed into law.

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