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LWVUS Urges Complete Census Data Collection (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined coalition partners in urging the Census Bureau to conduct small-scale testing for collecting home addresses to count incarcerated people at home. 

League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (Amendment D challenge) (Legal Case)

LWV Utah filed a complaint in state court to remove Amendment D from the November 2024 ballot to protect Utahns’ right to reform government by ballot initiative

Federal Court Rules that Anderson City Council Must Draw Fair Maps (Press Release)

Indianapolis –  A federal judge has ruled that the Anderson, IN, City Council’s failure to draw fair council maps violates the US Constitution and fair maps must be drawn.   

Common Cause Indiana v. City of Anderson Common Council (Legal Case)

LWV Indiana and its co-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the Anderson, Indiana, city council asserting its failure to redistrict city council districts violated state and federal law

Tennessee NAACP v. Lee (Legal Case)

LWV Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit asserting several congressional districts and one state senate district were racially gerrymandered.

Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Byrd (formerly Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Lee) (Legal Case)

The League of Women Voters of Florida sued the Florida legislature and Florida officials for violating the state constitution by enacting district maps that were racial and partisan gerrymanders

Common Cause v. Raffensperger (Legal Case)

LWV Georgia filed a federal lawsuit asserting three congressional districts in metropolitan Atlanta were racially gerrymandered

How the Supreme Court Made Racial Gerrymandering Easier in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP (Blog)

In 2024, a Supreme Court ruling made it easier for state legislatures to commit racial gerrymanders, drawing congressional maps that disempower voters of color.

Finn v. Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration (Legal Case)

A lawsuit challenging the newly drawn district map for the Cobb County Board of Education as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

ACLU and LWV File Lawsuit Against Partisan Gerrymandering of South Carolina’s Congressional Districts (Press Release)

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and Duffy & Young LLC filed a lawsuit today challenging partisan gerrymandering of South Carolina’s congressional districts. The League…