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The League of Women Voters

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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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Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Byrd (formerly Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Lee)

The League of Women Voters of Florida sued the Florida legislature and Florida officials for violating the state constitution by enacting district maps that were racial and partisan gerrymanders

Redistricting / / Case Active

OCA-Greater Houston v. Esparza (consolidated as La Union Del Pueblo Entero v. Abbott)

Lawsuit challenging the Texas’s voter suppression legislation, Senate Bill 1, which imposes strict ID requirements for mail-in ballots, a restriction on helping voters who need help completing or…

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Ohio Redistricting Commission (state legislative maps)

LWV Ohio filed a lawsuit in state court challenging the new State House and State Senate maps as illegal partisan gerrymanders under the Ohio Constitution.

Redistricting / / Case Closed

Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Chapman (now Schmidt)

LWV of Pennsylvania and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit to count absentee ballots that were returned and properly sealed by the statutory deadline but were rejected for being incorrectly dated.

Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

Missouri State Conference of the NAACP v. State of Missouri

LWV Missouri and co-plaintiffs filed a state court lawsuit against tightened voter ID requirements for in-person voting

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

LWV Florida v. Moody (SB 7050 lawsuit)

LWV Florida filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law that imposed severe restrictions on voter registration activities by the League and its partners

Educating Voters / Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / Increasing Voter Registration / / Case Active

Disability Rights Mississippi v. Fitch

LWV Mississippi, Disability Rights Mississippi, and three voters filed a federal lawsuit against restrictions on voters with disabilities seeking assistance with returning absentee ballots

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

BABE VOTE v. McGrane

LWV Idaho and BABE VOTE filed a lawsuit in Idaho state court against HB 124 and HB 340, which banned using student ID in voting and voter registration at polling places, respectively

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

League of Women Voters of Kansas v. Schwab

LWV Kansas sued in state court to overturn several laws restricting voter education, mailing advance ballot applications, delivering advance ballots, and tightening signature match requirements

Educating Voters / Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / Increasing Voter Registration / / Case Active

Common Cause v. Raffensperger

LWV Georgia filed a federal lawsuit asserting three congressional districts in metropolitan Atlanta were racially gerrymandered

Fighting Voter Suppression / Redistricting / / Case Active