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Hopkins v. Hosemann (now Watson)

LWVUS, LWVMS, and civil rights partners filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs asserting Mississippi’s permanent felony disenfranchisement law violated the Eighth Amendment

Fighting Voter Suppression / January 27, 2025 / Case Closed

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

LWVPA and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit to count mail ballots that were returned and properly sealed by the statutory deadline but were rejected for being incorrectly dated

Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / January 21, 2025 / Case Active

Green v. Bell

LWVNC moved to intervene in a lawsuit that alleged the North Carolina Board of Elections had failed to properly remove ineligible voters from the rolls in violation of the NVRA

Fighting Voter Suppression / November 19, 2024 / Case Closed

Eucke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

LWVWI filed an amicus brief in opposition to plaintiffs’ lawsuit requesting a state court compel election officials to purge voters from the rolls.

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / October 28, 2024 / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (Amendment D challenge)

LWV Utah filed a complaint in state court to remove Amendment D from the November 2024 ballot to protect Utahns’ right to reform government by ballot initiative

Fighting Voter Suppression / Redistricting / October 24, 2024 / Case Closed

Tennessee NAACP v. Lee

LWV Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit asserting several congressional districts and one state senate district were racially gerrymandered.

Fighting Voter Suppression / Redistricting / September 25, 2024 / Case Closed

Frazier v. Fulton County Dep’t. of Registration and Elections

Two private citizens filed a federal lawsuit in Georgia against the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections alleging NVRA violations.

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / September 23, 2024 / Case Closed

Richer v. Fontes

LWVAZ filed an amicus brief supporting the right of almost 100,000 Arizona voters to vote a full ballot after an error was discovered in the state’s voter registration database.

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / September 20, 2024 / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose (HB 458 challenge)

LWVO filed a federal lawsuit against a new state law restricting assistance to voters with returning absentee ballots

Fighting Voter Suppression / September 17, 2024 / Case Closed

Adams v. Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections

LWV Georgia and LWV Atlanta-Fulton County filed an amicus brief opposing a lawsuit seeking to give election officials discretion on whether to certify elections

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / September 9, 2024 / Case Closed