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Coalition of Voting Rights, Civil Rights, and Racial Justice Groups File Brief in Federal Appeal Challenging Mississippi’s “Jim Crow” Lifetime Felony Disenfranchisement Law (Press Release)

12/8/2023

JACKSON, Miss. — The League of Women Voters of the US, the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, the Mississippi Center for Justice, One Voice, Mississippi Votes, Mississippi State Conference of the…

LWVTN, Tennessee Voters File Federal Lawsuit Challenging State “Bona Fide” Primary Voting Law (Press Release)

11/29/2023

NASHVILLE – The League of Women Voters of Tennessee and Tennessee voters Victor Ashe and Phil Lawson filed a federal lawsuit today challenging state laws that require voters to be “bona fide” members…

LWV Statement on Appeals Court Ruling to Undermine the Voting Rights Act (Press Release)

11/21/2023

The League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement after the Eighth Circuit of Appeals ruled there is no “private right of action” for Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

North Carolina Pro-Democracy Groups File Lawsuit Against Youth Voting Restrictions (Press Release)

10/17/2023

DURHAM — North Carolina’s Senate Bill 747 (SB747) is an unconstitutional burden on the fundamental right to vote of young North Carolinians, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court today by…

LWVMO Praises Court for Decision on Abortion Petition Summary (Press Release)

9/27/2023

Jefferson City, MO — The League of Women Voters of Missouri praised a Sept. 25 judicial decision overturning the Secretary of State’s deceptive ballot language for a reproductive freedom initiative.

LWV Applauds House Reintroduction of John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Press Release)

9/19/2023

WASHINGTON – Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in response to the House reintroduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights…

Federal Trial Against Texas’ Anti-Voter Law S.B. 1 Begins (Press Release)

9/11/2023

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - A federal judge will hear arguments starting today in a consolidated trial against Texas’ controversial anti-voter law Senate…

LEAGUE VICTORY: Court Strikes Down Florida’s Congressional Map (Press Release)

9/7/2023

Tallahassee, FL — A Florida trial court has sided with plaintiffs including the League of Women Voters of Florida in the case Black Voters Matter…

Good Government Groups Defend Washington State Disclosure Law, Facing Opposition from Meta (Press Release)

8/10/2023

Seattle, WA – Campaign Legal Center, joined by the League of Women Voters of Washington, Fix Democracy First and the Brennan Center for Justice, today filed an amicus brief in State of Washington v.…

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO BLOCK RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY TENNESSEE REDISTRICTING (Press Release)

8/9/2023

LWV of Tennessee and partners filed a federal lawsuit challenging portions of Tennessee’s congressional and state senate redistricting plans that went into effect in early 2022 as intentionally…