Protecting the Right to Voter Assistance
LWV Alabama, the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, Greater Birmingham Ministries, and Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), filed a federal lawsuit against restrictions on assisting voters with absentee ballot applications in Alabama. The new restrictions criminalize prefiling out an absentee ballot application with an applicant’s information, submitting another person’s absentee ballot application for them in almost all circumstances, receiving payment for distributing, collecting, or delivering a voter’s absentee ballot application, among other activities, and receiving or giving gifts for the same.
Fighting for Lifesaving Abortion Care
LWVUS and nearly 100 other organizations joined an amicus brief arguing that the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) preempts Idaho’s abortion ban, which prohibits abortion in all instances unless necessary to save the life of the mother. EMTALA requires hospitals participating in Medicare to provide stabilizing care to any individual experiencing a medical emergency, regardless of their ability to pay.
Fighting for Democratic Ballot Design
LWV New Jersey, Salvation and Social Justice, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice and New Jersey Policy Perspective filed an amicus brief in federal court opposing the county line system in New Jersey. The brief argued the system was anti-democratic, discriminatory against candidates of color, and unconstitutional. In particular, the League and its partners highlighted the pro-incumbent bias of the county line system and how it prevented voters of color from being properly represented in state government.