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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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Gonidakis v. Ohio Redistricting Commission

LWV Ohio intervened in a federal lawsuit that asked the court to impose state legislative maps that had been rejected by the Ohio Supreme Court.

Redistricting / / Case Closed

Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson

Whole Woman’s Health, a Texas abortion clinic, sued Texas after the state passed a law banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. The law would be enforced through bounties paid to private…

Equal Rights / Reproductive Justice / / Case Closed

Adkins v. Virginia Redistricting Commission

LWV Virginia filed an amicus brief in a case challenging HB 1225, which set standards and criteria for the Virginia Redistricting Commission when drawing legislative districts

Fighting Voter Suppression / Redistricting / / 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 / / 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 / / 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 / / Case Closed

Americans For Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta

The League of Women Voters of California filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold California’s law requiring non-profits to disclose donors on their tax returns.

Money In Politics / / 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 South Carolina v. Andino

LWV of South Carolina and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit against South Carolina counties who rejected absentee ballots for alleged signature mismatches without a notice-and-cure process

Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

Council of American-Islamic Relations Minnesota v. Atlas Aegis, LLC

LWV Minnesota and CAIR Minnesota filed a federal lawsuit asserting voter intimidation by Atlas Aegis, a private security firm seeking to hire armed retired service members to guard polling places

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed