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

9/20/2023

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

League of Women Voters of Ohio v. La Rose (now League of Women Voters v. Huffman) (congressional map) (Legal Case)

9/7/2023

State court lawsuits by LWV Ohio asserting Ohio’s new Congressional map violated the Ohio Constitution’s ban on partisan gerrymandering.

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

9/2/2023

The League of Women Voters of Florida, together with voting rights organizations and individual plaintiffs, sued the Florida Legislature and Florida officials for violating the Florida Constitution…

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

7/18/2023

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.

LWV Utah v. Utah State Legislature (Legal Case)

7/11/2023

LWV Utah and Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG) sued to strike down gerrymandered congressional districts and reinstate an independent redistricting commission

Moore v. Harper (Legal Case)

6/27/2023

The Republican-controlled North Carolina Legislature, asserting that state legislatures had exclusive power over redistricting, petitioned the Supreme Court for review, after the state supreme court…

Merrill v. Milligan (now Allen v. Milligan) (Legal Case)

6/8/2023

Plaintiffs sued in federal court to require Alabama to draw a second majority-Black Congressional district under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Juliana v. United States (Legal Case)

6/8/2023

LWVUS and the LWV Oregon filed amicus briefs supporting youth seeking a court order requiring the federal government to plan to end fossil fuel emissions

San Luis Obispo County Citizens for Good Government v. County of San Luis Obispo (Legal Case)

4/18/2023

California’s FAIR MAPS Act bans gerrymandering of local government districts. The League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County (LWV SLO) intervened as plaintiffs after the county’s Board of…

League of Women Voters of New York v. Kosinski (Legal Case)

2/21/2023

The League of Women Voters of New York and its co-plaintiffs sued to move New York’s primary election from June 28, 2022, to August 23, 2022.