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A coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights organizations suedto block Alabama’s recently enacted Senate Bill 1 (SB1). This law directly targets, drastically restricts, and severely penalizes basic nonpartisan civic engagement efforts that enable all Alabamians to access their right to vote.

A coalition of current and former San Francisco officials and civic organizations filed an amicus brief in the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, the most significant US Supreme Court case regarding the civil rights of homeless people in modern history.

WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters of the United States joined an amicus brief filed in the consolidated Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States cases before the US Supreme Court. The cases concern whether states can block pregnant people from getting emergency abortion care in hospitals, which if adopted, would have devastating implications for pregnant people facing medical emergencies. The amicus brief is led by the National Women’s Law Center and the League is represented by Cohen Milstein. 

NEWARK — In a resounding victory for democracy in New Jersey today, the Court in Kim v. Hanlon, a case challenging New Jersey’s use of the unconstitutional and discriminatory county line on its primary ballots, granted plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction – barring use of the county line on New Jersey’s ballots in the June primary election.

MONTGOMERY— The League of Women Voters of Alabama released the following statement after Governor Ivey signed SB1, a law that makes it a felony to assist in the distribution,…

Today, the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, the League of Women Voters of the United States, and individual New Hampshire voters filed a federal lawsuit against Steve Kramer, Lingo Telecom, LLC, and Life Corporation for voter intimidation, coercion, and deception ahead of the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary.

The League of Women Voters of New Jersey and partners filed an amicus curiae brief in Kim v. Hanlon, a case challenging New Jersey’s use of the unconstitutional and discriminatory “county line” on its ballots.

WASHINGTON — Ahead of the Super Tuesday elections in fifteen states, the League of Women Voters nonpartisan elections tool, VOTE411.org details state-specific voting information to ensure voters have what they need to cast their ballots. As of this morning, the site already supported more than 100,000 users in the last 24 hours — and nearly 1M users since Jan 1, 2024 — that were looking for election information. 

WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters of the United States's President Sania Irwin issued the following statement after today’s Supreme Court decision. The unanimous decision struck down the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that former President Trump is ineligible to appear on the presidential primary ballot.  

The League of Women Voters response to the Illinois state court ruling that former President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under the US Constitution.