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.

Legal Center

Showing 1–10 of 55

Quinn v. Raffensperger

LWVGA moved to intervene in a lawsuit alleging Georgia was violating federal and state law by failing to accurately maintain the voter rolls

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / April 30, 2025 / Case Active

League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump (now LULAC v. Executive Office of the President)

LWV, LWVAZ, and partners filed a federal lawsuit asserting President Trump’s Executive Order 14248 violated separation of powers and federal law

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / April 24, 2025 / Case Active

Griffin v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

LWV North Carolina filed an amicus brief on behalf of North Carolina voters after a lawsuit was filed by a losing state supreme court candidate, putting 60,000 ballots in jeopardy of being thrown out

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / April 11, 2025 / Case Active

League of Women Voters of Montana v. Knudsen

LWV Montana filed a state court lawsuit against HB 892, which imposed criminal penalties on voters

Elections / April 9, 2025 / Case Closed

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 / March 27, 2025 / Case Active

Citizens Project v. Colorado Springs

LWV Pikes Peak Region and partners sued Colorado Springs, asserting odd-year elections in April violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

Elections / Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / March 25, 2025 / Case Active

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 / March 14, 2025 / Case Closed

Republican National Committee v. Wetzel

LWV Mississippi filed an amicus brief defending a Mississippi law counting mail ballots received up to five days after Election Day

Elections / March 14, 2025 / Case Active

Disability Rights Wisconsin v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (absentee voting for voters with disabilities)

LWVWI filed suit to prohibit the enforcement of state statutes that blocked voters with disabilities from receiving, marking, and returning their absentee ballot electronically

Elections / Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / March 12, 2025 / 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 / March 3, 2025 / Case Closed