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Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

LWV Wisconsin intervened in a state court lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty that sought to ban ballot drop boxes

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / July 8, 2022 / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of the United States v. Newby (also 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 / September 16, 2021 / Case Closed

Stringer v. Hughs

LWV of Texas filed a federal lawsuit to require Texas to allow online voter registration through the Department of Public Safety’s website

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / Increasing Voter Registration / August 4, 2021 / Case Closed

Yazzie v. Hobbs

Members of the Navajo Nation of Arizona filed a federal lawsuit to count mail-in ballots cast by Navajo reservation voters that were rejected for not meeting the statutory ballot return deadline

Elections / Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / January 6, 2021 / Case Closed

Donald Trump for President, Inc. v. Murphy

During the COVID-19 pandemic, LWV of New Jersey intervened to defend bill A4475, which allowed the November 2020 election to be conducted by mail

Elections / Expanding Voter Access / October 22, 2020 / Case Closed