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The League of Women Voters

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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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Black Political Empowerment Project v. Schmidt

LWV Pennsylvania filed a state court case arguing that rejecting timely mail ballots for errors in or omission of a date on the return envelope violated the state constitution

Elections / / Case Closed

Pennsylvania Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee v. Pennsylvania Department of State

LWV Pennsylvania intervened in a case brought by a Pennsylvania Senate committee seeking a court order requiring the release of millions of voter records

Elections / / Case Closed

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

LWV Pennsylvania moved to intervene on behalf of voters in a lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch seeking to purge voters from voter rolls.

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

Wolf v. General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

LWV Pennsylvania filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging several proposed state constitutional amendments

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / Reproductive Justice / / Case Closed

Ball v. Chapman

LWV of Pennsylvania and partners filed an amicus brief advocating that timely received mail and absentee ballots with dating errors or omissions should be counted

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

Fulton v. City of Philadelphia

Plaintiff Catholic Social Services (CSS), a foster care agency retained by Philadelphia to provide placement services, sued the city after it stated it would not contract with CSS if it continued to…

Equal Rights / / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

LWV Pennsylvania filed a state court lawsuit alleging that the 2011 congressional map was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander under the Pennsylvania constitution

Redistricting / / Case Closed