Common Cause Indiana v. City of Anderson (Legal Case) 10/4/2023 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
A Racial Gerrymandering Case at the Supreme Court: Alexander v. SC State Conf. of the NAACP (Blog) 10/3/2023 The League is invested in and carefully watching an important redistricting case, Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. The case is an appeal from a ruling striking down South…
BABE VOTE v. McGrane (Legal Case) 10/3/2023 LWV Idaho and BABE VOTE filed a lawsuit in Idaho state court against HB 124 and HB 340, which banned using student ID in voting and voter registration, respectively
Juliette Boberg Joins LWV as Director of Corporate and Organizational Partnerships (Press Release) 10/2/2023 WASHINGTON - The League of Women Voters is proud to announce Juliette Boberg as director of corporate and organizational partnerships. Juliette joins the League’s growing external affairs team and…
LWVUS Joins Comments for Mental Health Parity Under Private Health Insurance (Legal Document) 10/2/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments on the proposed rule on mental health parity under private health insurance plans.
League of Women Voters of Arkansas v. Thurston (Legal Case) 9/29/2023 The LWV Arkansas and individual plaintiffs filed a federal court challenge to Arkansas’ requirements for absentee ballots, seeking remedial action prior to the November 2020 election.
LWVUS Urges Congress to Reject Appropriations Riders Restricting Reproductive or Gender-affirming Health Care (Legal Document) 9/29/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to reject any appropriations bills that contained riders restricting access to essential health care including…
The Hyde Amendment: An Abortion Barrier Hiding in Plain Sight (Blog) 9/28/2023 The Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal funding for most abortions. As a result, most people enrolled in public health programs cannot use their health care coverage to pay for abortion…
League Urges Congress to Preserve funding for elections (Legal Document) 9/28/2023 The League joined over 100 coalition partners on a letter calling on Congress to preserve $755 million currently allocated for Election Security Grants in the Senate FY24 Financial Services and…
League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Ohio Redistricting Commission (state legislative maps) (Legal Case) 9/27/2023 LWV Ohio filed a lawsuit in state court challenging the new State House and State Senate maps as illegal partisan gerrymanders under the Ohio Constitution.