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The League of Women Voters

Legal Center

Litigation empowers our fight for the issues that matter most to communities: protecting the right to vote, promoting fair and accessible elections, ending big-money corruption, and reinforcing the dignity that people across the country deserve.

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League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump

LWV and LWVMA filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration challenging a Trump administration executive order targeting mail voting and voter eligibility

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

United States v. Board of Elections of the State of New York

LWVNYS moved to intervene to protect New York voters’ privacy after the federal government sued the state demanding disclosure of private voter information.

Defending Democracy / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

United States of America v. Benson

LWVMI filed a motion to intervene on behalf of voters in the United States’ lawsuit against Michigan and its Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson.

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

Powers Gardner v. Henderson

LWVUT and its partners moved to intervene to defend Utah’s fair congressional maps, which replaced a prior illegal gerrymander against a claim under the rejected “Independent State Legislature” theory

Redistricting / / Case Closed

United States of America v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

LWV of Pennsylvania moved to intervene on behalf of voters to defend voter privacy after the United States Department of Justice sued the state demanding it turn over its unredacted voter file.

Defending Democracy / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

Colorado Montana Wyoming State Area Conference of the NAACP v. United States Election Integrity Plan

LWV Colorado, the Colorado Montana and Wyoming Area Conference of the NAACP and Mi Familia Vota, filed a lawsuit alleging voter intimidation by the United States Election Integrity Project (USEIP)

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

United States of America v. New Hampshire Secretary of State

LWVNH filed an amicus brief opposing the DOJ’s demand for private New Hampshire voter data

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

Issa v. Weber

LWVC moved to intervene to defend voters after a sitting congressman filed a lawsuit to block counting mailed ballots received after Election Day.  

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

Hecox v. Little

LWVUS filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs challenging restrictions on transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students in school sports

Equal Rights / / Case Closed

Washington v. Trump (Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Challenge)

LWV filed an amicus brief supporting states challenging President Trump’s attempt to abolish birthright citizenship

Equal Rights / / Case Closed