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On May 29, 2020, CLC filed a motion asking the court to issue a preliminary injunction in advance of the August primary in Minnesota.
On May 27, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a motion with the court to stop a law that disenfranchises Alabamians with past convictions on the basis of wealth by requiring payment of all fines and fees prior to voting rights restoration.
This document is a template request for an advisory opinion on voter eligibility. Any Floridian who is unsure of their eligibility may submit this document to the Florida Division of Elections to request an opinion on their eligibility. However, to be eligible no voter need submit this form. For more information on eligibility to vote in Florida, visit RestoreYourVote.org.
On May 24, 2020, the Court issued its Opinion on the Merits following the historic 8-day trial in Jones v. DeSantis. The Court found that Florida’s “pay-to-vote” system violates the Constitution as applied to all individuals who genuinely cannot pay their legal financial obligations as a condition of voting. The opinion further held that the conditioning of voting rights restoration on the payment of court costs and fees is an illegal poll tax that violates the 24th Amendment, and that Florida’s voter registration forms violate the National Voter Registration Act. The Court established a new procedure for Floridians with past felony convictions to determine their eligibility to register and vote.
This decision applies not only to the named plaintiffs in the lawsuit, but to the entire plaintiff class, represented by CLC.
On May 19, 2020, CLC filed a complaint in federal court challenging Minnesota’s requirement that voters have a witness sign their absentee ballots in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit also challenges the requirement that the witness be a registered Minnesota voter. CLC represents the League of Women Voters of Minnesota Education Fund and Minnesota voter Vivian Latimer Tanniehill, and Lathrop GPM LLP serves as co-counsel.
On May 11, 2020, filed a complaint in federal court on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and its Texas chapter (Texas LULAC) challenging the State of Texas’s restrictions on who can apply for and cast absentee ballots in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The Complaint alleges that Texas’s absentee ballot scheme unduly burdens Texans’ fundamental right to vote, has a disparate impact on Texas’s Latino population in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and discriminates on the basis of age in violation of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment.
On May 11, 2020, CLC filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and its Texas chapter (Texas LULAC) in a lawsuit brought against the State of Texas challenging its restrictions on who can apply for and cast absentee ballots in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
This manual is designed to provide all the tools citizens with convictions, activists, and advocates need to help people in Alabama know if they can vote or to restore their right to vote.
On April 14, 2020, Plaintiffs in Jones v. DeSantis filed their trial brief, which sets forth their legal arguments and summarizes the evidence that they will introduce at trial.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and 150 organizations including Campaign Legal Center (CLC) signed a letter urging Congress to pass additional measures that would fully fund and direct states and counties to administer the 2020 elections in a safe, fair, and accessible manner. The letter advocates for at least $4 billion to prepare for the 2020 November General Election to aid in the implementation of vote-by-mail and the expansion of early voting and in-person voting options.
CLC joined a coalition of twenty-nine organizations to urge Florida’s Governor, Legislature, and election officials to adopt reforms to ensure that the general election is safe, secure, and accessible in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
On April 28, 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Chiafalo v. Washington (linked with Colorado Department of State v. Baca), a constitutional challenge to the requirement that presidential electors – the people who physically cast their state’s electoral votes – must vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in their state.
As public health precautions around the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause disruptions and delays to the ongoing primary elections, states must take steps now to ensure that the general election in November runs smoothly.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) joined a coalition of national and Ohio-based groups urging Ohio’s Governor and Secretary of State to take immediate action to protect Ohioans’ right to vote and ensure a safe and orderly primary election in Ohio.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) joined with partners in Arizona to urge the state’s Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General to take immediate action to protect Arizonans’ right to vote and ensure a safe and orderly primary election in Arizona.
This is the list of felony convictions that strip a person of the right to vote in Alabama. No other felonies take away the right to vote in Alabama. Even if your conviction is on this list, you may still have a path to rights restoration through a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote. Visit RestoreYourVote.org for more information.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) wrote to Congress urging them to allocate funding for critical nonpartisan election reforms for the 2020 general election in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) joined a coalition of over 200 national, state, and local voting rights and good government groups to advocate for the rapid adoption of key policies to protect voting rights and ensure the safe and orderly conduct of the 2020 general election.