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Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice v. Allen

LWV Alabama and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent the Alabama Secretary of State from wrongfully purging voters from the rolls

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

Alabama NAACP v. Marshall (SB1 Challenge)

LWV Alabama and partner organizations filed a federal lawsuit against restrictions on assisting voters with absentee ballot applications

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

Merrill v. Milligan (now Allen v. Milligan)

Plaintiffs sued in federal court to require Alabama to draw a second majority-Black Congressional district under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

Redistricting / / 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 filed a federal lawsuit to block the Election Assistance Commission from allowing three states to require documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form

Elections / Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / Increasing Voter Registration / / 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 / / Case Closed

Shelby County v. Holder

Shelby County is a historic legal challenge to key voting protections of the Voting Rights Act, which LWV joined as amicus, arguing that the law’s provision for federal oversight of local election…

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed