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Doe v. San Jose Unified School District Board

Case brought by two members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) alleging their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and the Equal Access Act were violated when the club was…

Equal Rights / May 8, 2024 / Case Closed

Disability Rights Mississippi v. Fitch

LWV Mississippi, Disability Rights Mississippi, and three voters filed a federal lawsuit against restrictions on voters with disabilities seeking assistance with returning absentee ballots

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / May 8, 2024 / Case Active

Juliana v. United States

LWVUS and the LWV Oregon filed amicus briefs supporting youth seeking a court order requiring the federal government to plan to end fossil fuel emissions

The Environment / May 1, 2024 / Case Closed

Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Chapman (now Schmidt)

LWV of Pennsylvania and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit to count mail ballots that were returned and properly sealed by the statutory deadline but were rejected for being incorrectly dated.

Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / April 30, 2024 / Case Active

Kim v. Hanlon

LWV New Jersey filed an amicus brief opposing the state’s county line system in federal court, asserting it was unconstitutional and discriminatory

Elections / April 17, 2024 / Case Active

BABE VOTE v. McGrane

LWV Idaho and BABE VOTE filed a lawsuit in Idaho state court against HB 124 and HB 340, which banned using student ID in voting and voter registration at polling places, respectively

Fighting Voter Suppression / April 11, 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

Republican National Committee v. Benson

LWV Michigan moved to intervene on behalf of voters in a lawsuit brought by the RNC seeking to purge the state’s voter rolls for alleged violations of the NVRA

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / April 4, 2024 / 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

Mason-Hobbs v. Texas

Crystal Mason is a Black Texas resident who was unaware she was ineligible to vote while on supervised release and was sentenced to five years in prison for voting in the 2016 election.

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / March 29, 2024 / Case Active