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** Sham Election Police Forces Are a Front for Voter Intimidation ([link removed])
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Partisan “election police force units," like those recently created through anti-voter laws enacted in Florida and Georgia, are unnecessary wastes of taxpayer resources that can be abused to intimidate and harass voters, civic engagement organizations and hardworking election administrators. Many states — including Florida and Georgia — already have systems in place to receive election-related complaints and allegations and deal with them in an efficient and effective manner.
When elected officials pass laws that criminalize the work of election administrators and make it harder for voters to participate in elections, they undermine the security of our elections and deny voters their most fundamental freedom to vote.
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** Study Shows That CLC’s Restore Your Vote Outreach Increases Voter Participation ([link removed])
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A recent study shows how outreach by CLC's Restore Your Vote program has a significant impact on voters with past felony convictions, allowing more of them to be full, active participants in our democracy.
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** VICTORY: SCOTUS Declines To Review Rhode Island Disclosure Law ([link removed] )
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Rhode Islanders have a right to know who is spending big money to influence their votes, and the Supreme Court’s denial of review protects that vital right.
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** Voters Need to Know What “Redboxing” Is and How It Undermines Democracy ([link removed])
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Redboxing is illegal, and it’s time for Congress and the Federal Election Commission to end it and other forms of illegal coordination to protect the integrity of elections in our democracy.
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** VIDEO: The People’s Voices Must Be Heard - Updating the Electoral Count Act in 2022 ([link removed])
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The Electoral Count Act (ECA) is a 135-year-old law that outlines the process of casting and counting electoral votes. And it's badly in need of updating. CLC recently hosted a discussion on what can be done to fix the ECA, with Thomas Berry of the Cato Institute, Genevieve Nadeau of Protect Democracy and CLC's Adav Noti and Paul Smith.
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** CLC Sues Secret Money Group, Heritage Action, for Violating Disclosure Laws ([link removed])
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By exercising its right to enforce campaign finance law against Heritage Action directly (after the FEC failed to enforce those laws), CLC seeks to ensure that voters have the critical information they need to evaluate who is trying to influence their vote.
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** Biden Should Keep Campaign Promise by Reigniting STOCK Act Reform in Congress ([link removed])
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It is more important now than ever that President Biden uphold his campaign promise, as the legislative efforts to fix the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act seem to have stalled.
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** EVENT: Revitalizing Democracy in 2022: A Conversation with Author John Raidt ([link removed])
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Join author John Raidt and CLC's Trevor Potter on May 19 for a conversation about John’s new book, which examines the current state of American democracy and what can be done to fix it.
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