Discussing Voting Rights and Why Your Vote Matters with Donita Judge, Associate Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights: On Record PR
With the 2024 election cycle underway, it is important for exempt organizations to understand and comply with relevant restrictions on political campaign activities to safeguard their tax-exempt status and avoid triggering...more
On July 27, USCIS announced that it will conduct a second lottery for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap. USCIS has not yet indicated when the second lottery will occur....more
Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more
While nothing compares to the Sunshine State’s white sandy beaches and emerald-green waters, Florida’s 2022 midterm election shores were filled with voters, pundits and national media watching the red tsunami surge across the...more
As general election day approaches, businesses, corporate executives and employees may take opportunities to become involved in the administrative and political processes central to determining the outcomes of local, state...more
2022 is an election year for the majority of Congress and most states across the U.S. This current campaign cycle is bringing renewed attention to campaign issues, including many candidates missing filing deadlines in...more
Ohio voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on two constitutional amendments on the ballot this November. HJR 2 and HJR 4 cleared the Ohio legislature yesterday during marathon sessions as the General Assembly...more
It is no stretch to suggest that the upcoming midterm elections will be a hotbed of political activity across all spectrums. Each election cycle presents exciting opportunities for institutions of higher education (IHEs) and...more
As the influx of New York residents depart to warmer and sunnier pastures in the South, they may be leaving their homes but not necessarily their obligation to the New York State Tax and Finance Department. There are many...more
Serious Negotiations - The Minnesota legislative session is required to end within ten days. At the beginning of the week, legislative leaders announced that they had given themselves a goal of having a broad global...more
On March 7, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order aiming to increase voters’ access to elections. The executive order serves as an “initial step” in President Biden’s plan to work with Congress to attempt to...more
In this episode, guest host Caitlan McCafferty goes on record with Donita Judge, Associate Executive Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights, to discuss the work of the Center, voting rights, and how eligible voters...more
Proskauer’s participation in Election Protection, through hosting a call center with Firm, client and alumni volunteers across the United States, provides an invaluable service to individual voters ensuring they have an equal...more
On October 7, 2020, the Franklin County Board of Elections sent approximately 250,000 voters the wrong absentee ballots. Election officials are saying that a setting on the machine that stuffs absentee ballots into mailing...more
SECOND UPDATE - 09.28.2020: This article serves as an update and supplement to our Client Alert of September 23, 2020 relating to Absentee Voting by Mail in South Carolina: A Slow Moving Target. The ping-pong match...more
For the past 14 years, Proskauer has partnered with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in its Election Protection initiative, a nonpartisan project mobilizing law firms, law schools, in-house counsel, and other...more
To protect the integrity of federal elections, Congress has passed a variety of laws directed at the election process, including those criminalizing fraudulent voter registration and voter bribery. Due to the overlapping...more
Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes, and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more
With the final (virtual) balloons dropping on this year’s Democratic and Republican National Committee Conventions, we have reached general election season. Campaigning has a different look and feel this year, but the federal...more
The draft of the Official Voter Information Guide for California’s November 3, 2020 General Election has been released for public display and examination before publication and distribution to voters. Included with this...more