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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 / January 9, 2026 / 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

Swoboda v. Hobbs

LWVAZ filed an amicus brief opposing a lawsuit to overturn two executive orders by Governor Katie Hobbs expanding voting access.

Elections / Expanding Voter Access / September 12, 2024 / Case Closed

Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes

LWV Arizona and members of the business community filed an amicus brief in the Arizona Supreme Court against reinstating an 1864 abortion ban

Reproductive Justice / April 9, 2024 / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of Arizona v. Lions of Liberty (now AARA v. Jennings)

Federal lawsuit by LWV of Arizona challenging voter intimidation by defendants Lions of Liberty and Clean Elections USA. The groups were conducting surveillance of voters using ballot drop boxes.

Fighting Voter Suppression / May 22, 2023 / Case Closed

Hobbs v. Crosby

LWV Arizona filed an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit to order the Cochise County Board of Supervisors to certify the results of the 2022 elections

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / December 1, 2022 / Case Closed

Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee

SCOTUS upheld Arizona's out-of-precinct policy, which does not allow the counting of ballots cast outside of the voter's designated precinct, and Arizona's ballot collection law, which permits only…

Fighting Voter Suppression / July 1, 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

Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs

LWV Arizona filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs who were seeking to extend Arizona’s voter registration deadline to account for challenges presented by the state’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order

Expanding Voter Access / October 13, 2020 / Case Closed