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The League of Women Voters

Legal Center

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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Issa v. Weber

LWVC moved to intervene to defend voters after a sitting congressman filed a lawsuit to block counting mailed ballots received after Election Day.  

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections

LWV and LWVIL filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting access to justice for organizations like the League.

Elections / / Case Active

Hecox v. Little

LWVUS filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs challenging restrictions on transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students in school sports

Equal Rights / / Case Active

Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Fontes

LWVAZ filed an amicus brief supporting several provisions of the Arizona Elections Procedures Manual in a state court lawsuit

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

United States of America v. Simon

LWVMN moved to intervene to defend voter privacy after the DOJ filed a lawsuit seeking to force disclosure of Minnesotans’ private voter data.

Defending Democracy / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

League of Women Voters of Arkansas v. Jester

LWVAR filed a federal lawsuit against multiple state laws restricting access to the state’s ballot initiative process

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump (now LULAC v. Executive Office of the President)

LWV, LWVAZ, and partners filed a federal lawsuit asserting President Trump’s Executive Order 14248 violated separation of powers and federal law

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

League of Women Voters v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

LWV and several state and local Leagues sued USCIS over its ban on third-party voter registration groups from registering new citizens at USCIS-hosted naturalization ceremonies

Expanding Voter Access / Increasing Voter Registration / / Case Active

Alabama NAACP v. Marshall (SB1 Challenge)

LWV Alabama and partner organizations filed a federal lawsuit against restrictions on assisting voters with absentee ballot applications

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active

National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission

LWV filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court supporting limits on political parties’ coordinated spending with candidates.

Money In Politics / / Case Active