lansing.mi.lwvnet.org/ Ask this Local League a Question Learn More About This League Community Leaders Donna Mullins, PresidentDorothy Engelman, Vice PresidentCamilla Davis, Membership Chair League ID MI302 Stories from Around the State News ClipsPOLITICO: States brace for surge of voter registrations as deadlines nearAfter system crashes in Virginia and Florida, other states are warned of the possibility of glitches as registration deadlines approach. Press ReleaseLeague of Women Voters of Michigan and Five Local Leagues Intervene in Lawsuit over Voter Purges Today, a federal judge permitted LWV of Michigan and five local Leagues to intervene in support of the State in Daunt v. Benson, a federal lawsuit concerning voter purges. Press ReleasePublic Interest Legal Foundation Drops Meritless Voter Purge Lawsuit Against Detroit Press ReleaseLWV of Michigan and LWV of Detroit Join Voter Purge CaseA federal judge granted a motion to intervene to the League of Women Voters of Michigan and Detroit in a case which seeks to force the City of Detroit to conduct an aggressive purge of their voter registration rolls. Press ReleaseLWV Celebrates New Michigan District Maps for 2020Today a panel of federal district judges ruled in favor of the League of Women Voters of Michigan in their First and Fourteenth Amendment challenges to the state and congressional redistricting plans. News ClipsWashington Post: Federal judges rule Michigan gerrymandering unconstitutional, order maps redrawn by 2020Federal judges ordered the state of Michigan to draw new legislative districts on Thursday, after finding that a gerrymandered plan enacted by the state’s Republican-dominated legislature in 2011 constituted an “extremely grave” constitutional violation. Load More
