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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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Kendrick v. Knudsen

LWVO and partners filed an amicus brief in the Montana Supreme Court, asking the court to reject an overly restrictive reading of the state constitution’s “separate vote rule”

Elections / / Case Closed

Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Fontes

LWVAZ filed an amicus brief supporting several provisions of the Arizona Elections Procedures Manual in a state court lawsuit

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of Wisconsin v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

LWV Wisconsin filed a state court lawsuit to ensure certain missing address information on absentee ballot envelopes did not disenfranchise voters.

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

Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration v. State Election Board

LWVGA filed an amicus brief challenging antidemocratic election certification rules adopted weeks before the November 2024 election.

Elections / / Case Closed

Republican National Committee v. Benson

LWV Michigan moved to intervene on behalf of voters in a lawsuit brought by the RNC seeking to purge the state’s voter rolls for alleged violations of the NVRA

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. v. Georgia

LWVGA filed an amicus brief challenging several election certification rules adopted weeks before the November 2024 election.

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

Henderson v. Abhiraman

LWVGA moved to intervene on behalf of voters in a suit against the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections alleging failure to properly consider challenges to voters’ eligibility.

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of Florida v. Moody (now Byrd) (SB 7050 lawsuit)

LWVFL 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 Closed

Crawford v. State Election Board

LWVGA filed an amicus brief challenging antidemocratic election certification rules adopted weeks before the November 2024 election.

Elections / / Case Closed

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 / / Case Closed