CLC's amicus brief urges the Supreme Court to reject Alabama's attempt to severely curtail Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and prevent the state from using voting maps that dilute the voting power of Black Alabamians.

CLC's new analysis highlights how the U.S. Supreme Court has inconsistently applied the law under Chief Justice John Roberts' tenure, reversing decades of work by prior Courts that sought to perfect and protect our democracy.

In his statement, CLC's Mark Gaber discussed how the Supreme Court's decision to take up Moore v. Harper could shield state legislatures from being checked by state courts in matters of voting laws, paving the way for bad faith politicians to manipulate election maps and laws to suit their political...

The New York Legislature has passed the most comprehensive state Voting Rights Act in the country, and CLC's Senior Vice President, Paul Smith, is now encouraging the governor to sign this legislation into law to protect communities of color against attacks on their freedom to vote.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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."

CLC and its partners are seeking to block the Utah Legislature for implementing a congressional map constituting an extreme partisan gerrymander that would violate the state constitution and dilute the voting power of voters with minority viewpoints.

CLC and ACLU of Kansas are suing over a Kansas congressional map that is a racial and partisan gerrymander.

CLC and Voters Not Politicians are defending the right of Michiganders to use their independent redistricting commission to draw congressional maps and have a fair, transparent redistricting process.

While voting rights legislation may have failed in the Senate, Congress cannot stop working to protect Americans' freedom to vote until the promise of democracy is truly realized for us all.

Voting and civil rights groups are suing Washington state officials over a state legislative map that dilutes the voting strength of Latin voters in the Yakima Valley region, thus violating the Voting Rights Act.

What this bill deserves and what the American people deserve is a full and honest debate on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.  

Protecting our democracy from gerrymandering and election sabotage is not a partisan issue, which is why the Senate should pass the bill the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.

Today's Senate vote on the Freedom to Vote Act cannot be the end. In order to help make the promise of democracy real for us all, Congress should pass the Freedom to Vote Act.

Communities require equity in government representation so that their voices are heard and needs are met. The map adopted by the Commission fails that standard and should be rejected by the Colorado Supreme Court.