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** CLC Challenges Barriers to Absentee Voting in Minnesota During Pandemic ([link removed])
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In many states, voters still face barriers to safe absentee voting amid the global pandemic.

Minnesota is one of them: Minnesota absentee voters must fill out their ballot in the physical presence of a witness that needs to sign a certificate. Only a registered Minnesota voter, a notary or another official authorized to administer oaths may play this witness role.

This means voters who do not live with a qualified witness must interact with someone outside their household in order to vote by mail. Minnesota’s policy is inconsistent with social distancing.

CLC is suing the Minnesota Secretary of State seeking a suspension of Minnesota’s witness requirement for absentee voting during the COVID-19 pandemic and a permanent easing of restrictions on who can serve as a ballot witness.

We’re representing the League of Women Voters Minnesota Education Fund and an individual client, Vivian Latimer Tanniehill, who has underlying health conditions that place her at an elevated risk of becoming severely ill if she contracts COVID-19.

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** CLC Protects Democratic Participation During the Pandemic
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** CLC Fights for No-Excuse Absentee Voting in Tennessee ([link removed]) ([link removed])
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Tennessee still requires voters to provide an excuse before they can vote by mail in any election. CLC and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s excuse requirement.

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** CLC Sues New Jersey to Prevent Absentee Ballot Rejections ([link removed])
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CLC filed a lawsuit asking for relief for voters from New Jersey’s flawed ballot signature match requirements. The current system produces many incorrect mismatches, which result in eligible voters having their ballots thrown away.

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** Nobody Should Have Their Ballot Rejected Because of Their Handwriting ([link removed])
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CLC is challenging North Dakota’s flawed signature match policy, which is disenfranchising voters like our client Maria Romo, a North Dakota resident who lives with multiple sclerosis (MS).

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** COVID-19 Should Not Stop Arkansas Voters from Advancing Fair Maps Initiative ([link removed])
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CLC is working with Arkansas Voters First, a group fighting gerrymandering, to challenge Arkansas’s signature requirements for ballot initiatives during COVID-19.

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** Webinar on Safe Voting Coming Up on May 21 ([link removed])
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Mark your calendars: Paul Smith, CLC’s Vice President of Litigation & Strategy, will be participating in a webinar on May 21, 2020 about protecting public health during the 2020 elections.


** CLC Fights for Transparency and Accountability
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** Voters Have a Right to Know in 2020: CLC Files FEC Complaint Against Secretive Group ([link removed])
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CLC filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against “The Big Tent Project” for illegally hiding the identity of the donors who bankrolled over $4.8 million on ads in the Democratic presidential primary.

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** Pandemic Stimulus Reflects Money in Politics ([link removed])
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CLC’s analysis showed that those with money and power appeared to come out ahead in the $2 trillion pandemic relief package.

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** CLC Analyzes Congressional Stock Trading During Pandemic ([link removed])
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CLC reviewed congressional stock transactions and found that as COVID-19 cases began to increase, senators and representatives from both sides of the aisle traded securities – many related to the pandemic itself.

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