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Adkins v. Virginia Redistricting Commission

LWV Virginia filed an amicus brief in a case challenging HB 1225, which set standards and criteria for the Virginia Redistricting Commission when drawing legislative districts

Fighting Voter Suppression / Redistricting / September 22, 2021 / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of the United States v. Newby (also known as League of Women Voters of the United States v. Harrington)

The League of Women Voters of the United States, along with Alabama, Georgia, and Kansas state Leagues, filed a lawsuit opposing a US Election Assistance Commission action to allow three states to…

Fighting Voter Suppression / Increasing Voter Registration / September 16, 2021 / Case Closed

Stringer v. Hughs

LWV of Texas filed a federal lawsuit to require Texas to allow online voter registration through the Department of Public Safety’s website

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / Increasing Voter Registration / August 4, 2021 / Case Closed

Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee

SCOTUS upheld Arizona's out-of-precinct policy, which does not allow the counting of ballots cast outside of the voter's designated precinct, and Arizona's ballot collection law, which permits only…

Fighting Voter Suppression / July 1, 2021 / Case Closed

Americans For Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta

The League of Women Voters of California filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold California’s law requiring non-profits to disclose donors on their tax returns.

Money In Politics / July 1, 2021 / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. Rucho (consolidated with Common Cause v. Rucho)

LWVNC v. Rucho challenged North Carolina’s 2016 redistricting plan in the Supreme Court as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander and a violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Redistricting / June 27, 2021 / Case Closed

Fulton v. City of Philadelphia

Plaintiff Catholic Social Services (CSS), a foster care agency retained by Philadelphia to provide placement services, sued the city after it stated it would not contract with CSS if it continued to…

Equal Rights / June 17, 2021 / Case Closed

New York v. Trump

LWV joined a lawsuit filed by New York State and a coalition of state and local governments claiming that the Trump Administration’s attempts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census…

Census / December 18, 2020 / Case Closed

People First of Alabama v. Merrill

LWV Alabama filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs seeking to prevent enforcement of restrictive Alabama voting laws during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / November 16, 2020 / Case Closed

Yazzie v. Hobbs

The Navajo Nation of Arizona requests that vote-by-mail ballots received within ten days of Election Day be counted due to the slower postal service and unequal proximity to post offices on the…

Fighting Voter Suppression / October 15, 2020 / Case Closed