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On April 8, 2021, Giffords and Campaign Legal Center Action (CLCA) supplemented their complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that the National Rifle Association's (NRA) super PAC, the NRA Victory Fund, violated its reporting obligations.
On April 7, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign committee, Ted Cruz for Senate, violated federal law by using up to $18,000 in campaign funds on Facebook ads promoting the sale of Cruz's book.
On April 1, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Common Cause and League of Women Voters of California (LWV) submitted an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold California’s law that requires charitable groups active in the state to file nonpublic tax reports – Schedule Bs – with the state Attorney General (AG) listing their largest donors.
On March 31, 2021, the district court issued an opinion declaring that Virginia Beach’s system of election violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting strength of Black, Latino, and Asian American voters, enjoining the use of that system and granting the plaintiffs’ request for attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses.
On March 31, 2021, Campaign Legal Center Action (CLCA) and Common Cause Georgia filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that True the Vote and the Georgia Republican Party violated federal campaign finance law by illegally coordinating ahead of the January 2021 Senate runoff elections.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted an open letter calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a new routine use exception that would enable the Federal Bureau of Prisons to share the data necessary to allow states and localities to implement two pro-democracy reforms: enacting universal enfranchisement and abolishing prison gerrymandering. The League of Women Voters and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs joined in support.
This Campaign Legal Center (CLC) report describes how the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1) would end dark money and is crafted to address the real-world practices that wealthy special interests have used to keep their political donations hidden from the public.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted testimony to support a bill that would abolish prison gerrymandering in Connecticut. The testimony stated that Connecticut’s system of prison gerrymandering distorts the redistricting process and deprives Connecticut communities of fair and equal representation.
On March 17, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Sig Sauer, Inc. violated the ban on federal contractors making political contributions when it gave $100,000 to the super PAC Gun Owners Action Fund.
On March 17, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Service Tire Truck Centers violated the ban on federal contractors making political contributions when it gave $50,000 to the super PAC Senate Leadership Fund.
On March 17, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. violated the ban on federal contractors making political contributions when it gave $10,000 to the super PAC Senate Leadership Fund.
On March 17, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Hamilton Company violated the ban on federal contractors making political contributions when it gave $300,000 to the super PAC Americans for Prosperity Action.
On March 17, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that the Astellas Pharma US violated the ban on federal contractors making political contributions when it gave $10,000 to the super PAC Senate Leadership Fund.
On March 17, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that the American College of Radiology violated the ban on federal contractors making political contributions when it gave $10,000 to the super PAC Senate Leadership Fund.
On March 15, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted this statement to the Maine legislature in support of L.D. 479, a bill to ban foreign campaign contributions and expenditures in Maine elections. The bill would address significant loopholes in campaign finance law and safeguard the right of Maine citizens to democratic self-governance by establishing a comprehensive law that would, among other things, protect Maine's state and local ballot measure campaigns from foreign spending and prohibit foreign corporations from influencing Maine elections.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) organized a coalition sign on letter of 11 organizations to oppose a bill that would reinstate prison-based gerrymandering in Maryland. The letter advocates for the protection of the “No Representation Without Population Act” – which was in danger of repeal – to ensure that incarcerated individuals are counted as residents in the place they lived prior to their imprisonment.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted testimony to oppose the repeal of the “No Representation Without Population Act”, which was being considered by the Maryland state legislature with S.B. 619. The testimony stated that reinstating prison-based gerrymandering in Maryland would distort the redistricting process and deprive Maryland communities of fair and equal representation.
Gaspee Project v. Mederos: United States Appellate Court for the First Circuit - Amicus Curiae Brief
On Feb. 17, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) joined Common Cause Rhode Island and the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island in filing an amicus brief in federal appellate court to support Rhode Island’s defense of its transparency law for groups that spend significant amounts of money to influence state elections.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) fact checks a mass email claiming that the For the People Act, H.R. 1 will use taxpayer money to pay members of Congress a, “second salary worth as much as $600,000 per year (based on CBO estimates).” This claim is a complete fiction.