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Campaign Legal Center, et al., v. Scott: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas - Mandatory Injunction and Final Judgment

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Date
August 2, 2022
Case
CLC et al v. Scott

On Aug. 2, 2022, a federal district court in Texas ordered Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott to produce records responsive to National Voter Registration Act requests made by Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU Texas), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and DĒMOS. The requested records pertain to a state program that threatens to remove naturalized citizens from the voter rolls.

CLC et al v. Scott: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division - Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

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Date
August 2, 2022
Case
CLC et al v. Scott

On Aug. 2, 2022, a federal district court in Texas ordered Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott to produce records responsive to National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) requests made by Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU Texas), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and DĒMOS. The requested records pertain to a state program that threatens to remove naturalized citizens from the voter rolls.

CLC Urges Immediate Passage of Reforms to the Electoral Count Act

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Date
July 20, 2022

On July 20, 2022, Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Manchin (D-WV) and 14 bipartisan cosponsors introduced the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022 (ECRA) (S. 4573), and this vital legislation would update the Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA) and help prevent attempts to sabotage the results of presidential elections. In this position paper, Campaign Legal Center urges Congress to modernize the ECA without further delay.

CLC Comments on New York's PCFB Public Financing Rulemaking

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Date
October 17, 2021

On Oct. 17, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed public comments with the New York Public Campaign Finance Board regarding its draft regulations to implement New York’s public financing program for statewide and legislative office candidates. CLC's comments include several recommendations that would establish critical guidance for candidates opting into the program, strengthen public confidence in the state’s democratic processes and continue to ensure a government that is accountable to all voters.

CLC Complaint Alleges WinRed Violated Federal Disclosure Requirements

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Date
July 28, 2022

On July 28, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that WinRed, a federal political committee that acts as a fundraising conduit for earmarked contributions, violated federal campaign finance laws by failing to disclose its operating expenditures.

Buchanan v. Wyoming Gun Owners: U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit - CLC Amicus Curiae Brief

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Date
July 25, 2022
Case
Buchanan v. Wyoming Gun Owners

On July 25, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an amicus brief in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to defend the constitutionality of Wyoming’s “electioneering communications” disclosure law and to urge reversal of the lower court’s decision striking down important provisions of this law.

CLC Files Complaint Alleging Angel Staffing Inc. Made Illegal $250,000 Super PAC Contribution

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Date
July 25, 2022
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts

On July 25, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Angel Staffing Inc. violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $250,000 to Protect and Serve PAC, a super PAC, while negotiating or performing under federal contracts.

LUCHA v. Hobbs: U.S. District Court for Arizona – Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint

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Date
July 18, 2022
Case
LUCHA v. Hobbs

On July 18, the plaintiffs amended their complaint against Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs challenging H.B. 2492 and H.B. 2243, an extreme anti-voter law that imposes documentary proof of residence and citizenship requirements on voter registration, discriminates against naturalized U.S. citizens, Native Americans, Latinos and members of other racial and language minority communities, and strips certain voters of the right to vote in presidential elections and by mail. The amended complaint adds claims under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and Voting Rights Act, includes new plaintiffs, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona and Arizona Coalition for Change, and adds a challenge to H.B. 2243.

 

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

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Date
July 8, 2022
Case
CLC v. FEC (Dismissal Suit—Trump Campaign Subvendor Reporting)

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has sued the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for its dismissal of CLC’s administrative complaint alleging that then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign committee (and an associated fundraising committee) violated federal campaign finance reporting requirements. The lawsuit is based on an administrative complaint CLC filed with the FEC in July 2020 and supplemented in January 2021, which alleged that the committees routed payments to campaign vendors through firms with close ties to the campaign, concealing the details of the committees’ spending from the public.

CLC Complaint Alleges MEI Services, Inc. Made Illegal Super PAC Contribution

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Date
July 5, 2022
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts

On July 5, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that MEI Services, Inc. violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $90,000 to Patriots PAC, LLC, a super PAC, while negotiating or performing under federal contracts.

CLC Statement in Support of Oakland Fair Elections Act

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Date
July 10, 2022

On July 1, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a statement to the Oakland City Council in support of the Oakland Fair Elections Act’s proposed Democracy Dollars program, which would enact a voucher-based public financing program for local elections in the City of Oakland, California. CLC urged the city council to approve a resolution placing the Oakland Fair Elections Act on the November 2022 ballot.

CLC Files Complaint Alleging Ohio Ordnance Works Made Illegal Super PAC Contribution

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Date
June 29, 2022
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts

On June 29, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Ohio Ordnance Works, a gun manufacturer, violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $100,000 to Club for Growth Action, a super PAC, while negotiating or performing under federal contracts.

CLC Letter to the Portland Charter Commission in Support of Constitutionality of Foreign Influence Ban

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Date
June 27, 2022

Campaign Legal Center sent a letter to the Charter Commission of Portland, Maine, addressing the constitutionality of the commission’s proposed city charter amendment that would protect Portland elections from foreign influence.

CLC Files Complaint Against Snow Goose, LLC Straw Donor Scheme

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Date
June 22, 2022
Case
Preventing Wealthy Special Interests from Using Shell Companies to Keep Their Political Spending Secret

On June 22, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that unknown contributors violated the federal straw donor ban by making a $50,000 contribution to the super PAC Wyoming Values in the name of “Snow Goose, LLC," an obscure Wyoming limited liability company, thereby concealing the true contributors’ identities from public disclosure.

CLC Files Complaint Alleging Gun Manufacturer Daniel Defense Illegally Contributed $100,000 to Super PAC

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Date
June 9, 2022
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts

On June 9, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that gun manufacturer Daniel Defense, LLC, violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $100,000 to the Gun Owners Action Fund, a super PAC, while negotiating or performing under multiple federal contracts.

CLC Letter to Portland Charter Commission in Support of Foreign Influence Amendment

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Date
June 9, 2022

Campaign Legal Center sent a letter to the Charter Commission of Portland, Maine, in support of a city charter amendment that would protect Portland elections from foreign influence.

LUCHA v. Hobbs: NVRA Notice Letter

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Date
April 6, 2022
Case
LUCHA v. Hobbs

On April 6, Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Arizona Students’ Association and ADRC Action sent Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs an official letter giving her notice of the violations of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) caused by H.B. 2492. This letter is a prerequisite to suing under the NVRA.

 

CLC Files Complaint Alleging Medical Place, Inc. Made Illegal Super PAC Contributions

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Date
June 7, 2022
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts

On June 7, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Medical Place, Inc., an Alabama-based medical equipment supplier, violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $100,000 to Alabama Conservatives Fund, a super PAC exclusively supporting a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, while negotiating or performing under federal contracts.

CLC Files Complaint Alleging In-Kind Contribution Scheme by Protect Ohio Values PAC and JD Vance for Senate

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Date
June 6, 2022

On June 6, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Protect Ohio Values PAC, a super PAC, made illegal in-kind contributions to JD Vance for Senate, J.D. Vance’s campaign for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, in the form of polling data, voter targeting information and draft campaign communications that Protect Ohio Values provided, free of charge, to Vance’s campaign via an obscure website hidden from the general public. The complaint further alleges that the Vance’s campaign knowingly accepted these in-kind contributions and used the materials to further Vance’s candidacy, including by producing a campaign ad based on the Protect Ohio Values script.

CLC Files Complaint Against Free Market, LLC Straw Donor Scheme

Document
Date
June 2, 2022
Case
Preventing Wealthy Special Interests from Using Shell Companies to Keep Their Political Spending Secret

On June 2, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that unknown contributors violated the federal straw donor ban by making a $250,000 contribution to the super PAC Alabama Conservatives Fund in the name of “Free Market, LLC," an obscure Alabama limited liability company, thereby concealing the true contributors’ identities from public disclosure.

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