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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

Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches v. Merrill

LWV of Connecticut and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit to challenge Connecticut’s restrictions on absentee voting to protect voters during the Covid-19 pandemic

Expanding Voter Access / September 25, 2020 / Case Closed

Collins v. Adams

LWV of Kentucky and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit against Kentucky officials after the legislature enacted a photo ID requirement and failed to expand absentee ballot during the COVID-19…

Expanding Voter Access / September 1, 2020 / Case Closed

June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo

Several abortion providers in Louisiana sued to strike down state laws that restricted abortion access by requiring them to be staff members with admitting privileges in hospitals no further than 30…

Equal Rights / Reproductive Justice / June 29, 2020 / Case Closed

Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California

The League filed an amicus brief with 45 other organizations challenging the Trump Administration’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program

Immigration / June 18, 2020 / Case Closed

Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga.

LWVUS joined an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court supporting LGBTQI+ employees arguing their termination for sexual orientation violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Equal Rights / June 15, 2020 / Case Closed

Self-Advocacy Solutions v. Jaeger

LWV North Dakota and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit to prevent the rejection of ballots due to mismatched signatures without notice

Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / June 5, 2020 / Case Closed

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

Department of Commerce v. New York

A coalition of states, cities, and organizations challenged the Department of Commerce’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census

Census / Immigration / June 27, 2019 / 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 / October 29, 2018 / Case Closed