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Conley v. Hirsch

The League of Women Voters of North Carolina sued in federal court challenging an attempt to retroactively change North Carolina election processes and throw out thousands of votes

Fighting Voter Suppression / April 15, 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

Democracy North Carolina v. Hirsch

LWV of North Carolina sued over a North Carolina law allowing election officials to throw out same-day registering voters’ ballots if a single address confirmation mailing was undeliverable

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / April 2, 2024 / Case Active

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (consolidated with Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina)

Students for Fair Admissions, a non-profit representing students and others opposed to race-conscious admissions, sued Harvard University, alleging its consideration of race in admissions violated…

Equal Rights / June 29, 2023 / Case Closed

Moore v. Harper

The Republican-controlled North Carolina Legislature petitioned the Supreme Court for review, asserting that state legislatures had exclusive power over redistricting

Fighting Voter Suppression / Redistricting / June 27, 2023 / Case Closed

Democracy North Carolina v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

Case brought by the League of Women Voters of North Carolina and co-plaintiffs seeking changes to several voting regulations to ensure safe and accessible voting during the COVID-19 pandemic

Fighting Voter Suppression / March 28, 2023 / Case Closed

Green v. Bell

LWV of North Carolina 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 / March 21, 2023 / Case Active

League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. Rucho (consolidated with Common Cause v. Rucho)

LWVNC v. Rucho challenged North Carolina’s 2016 redistricting plan in the Supreme Court as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander and a violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Redistricting / June 27, 2019 / Case Closed