Protecting Voters During a Pandemic
LWV of New Jersey moved to intervene to defend bill A4475, which allowed New Jersey to conduct the November 2020 election by mail, with all registered voters being mailed a ballot. Then-President Trump’s campaign sued, arguing the bill violated several provisions of the United States Constitution and federal law.
Fighting the Criminalization of Homelessness
LWV California and LWV San Francisco joined an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court arguing against the criminalization of homelessness, specifically responding to an amicus brief filed by the City of San Francisco. The brief asserts that cities across California, including San Francisco, have unfairly scapegoated unhoused residents for an affordable housing crisis that state and local governments created with decades of virulently racist anti-housing policies.