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The League's Impact on Redistricting (Blog)

7/28/2022

In September 2019, the League launched its national redistricting effort People Powered Fair Maps™ (PPFM). PPFM aimed to create greater transparency, fairness, and public participation in the…

NEW REPORT: LWV's 3-Year Redistricting Program Proves People Power Is the Path to Fair Maps (Press Release)

7/28/2022

Today the League of Women Voters published their 2022 redistricting report for the organization’s program People Powered Fair Maps™. The report covering three years of work shows that when people are…

LWV and SPLC Call on Supreme Court to Defend Equal Representation for Black Alabamians by Striking Down Alabama Congressional Map (Press Release)

7/18/2022

LWV of Alabama, LWV of the United States and partners submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Merrill v. Milligan, outlining how Black Alabamians have been systematically deprived of their…

Voting Rights Organizations Challenge Cobb County School Board Map Denying Equal Representation to Voters of Color (Press Release)

6/9/2022

ATLANTA – TODAY The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), ACLU of Georgia, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyer’s Committee), and Schulte…

Baltimore Cnty. Branch NAACP v. Baltimore County, MD (Legal Case)

5/9/2022

Black voters in Baltimore County challenged the county’s redistricting plan as racial vote dilution in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Op-Ed: Katharine Biele: Utah Legislature takes away power that belongs to the people (News Clips)

5/8/2022

Republicans take the teeth out of redistricting initiative and divide communities of interest.

League of Women Voters of New York State Hails New York Court of Appeals Decision (Press Release)

4/27/2022

Albany, NY – The League of Women Voters of New York State hailed the historic decision issued by the New York Court of Appeals today…

New York Democrats Make Last-Ditch Bid to Save New Congressional Maps (News Clips)

4/26/2022

The state’s highest court heard arguments on Tuesday on whether to uphold earlier rulings that voided maps drawn by Democrats as illegal gerrymanders.

League of Women Voters of Florida and Others Sue Over Gov. DeSantis’ Congressional Map (Press Release)

4/22/2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On April 22, the League of Women Voters of Florida joined Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Equal Ground…

Gonidakis v. Ohio Redistricting Commission (Legal Case)

4/20/2022

LWV Ohio intervened in a federal lawsuit that asked the court to impose state legislative maps that had been rejected by the Ohio Supreme Court.