Representing Middle Eastern and North African Citizens in the Census (Blog) 5/15/2024 A proposed expansion to the racial identification categories in the US Census would increase representation for the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) community.
VICTORY: Judge Permanently Blocks Part of Florida’s Restrictive Voting Law Targeting Nonpartisan Florida Voter Registration Groups (Press Release) 5/15/2024 A federal judge permanently blocked a severely restrictive provision of Florida’s anti-voter law, SB7050, that targeted nonpartisan civic engagement groups with substantial fines if non-citizens —…
LWVUS Opposes Intrusion into D.C. Local Governance (Legal Document) 5/13/2024 LWVUS joined coalition partners in strong opposition to H.R. 7530, the D.C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe (DC CRIMES) Act, and H.R. 5798, the Protecting our Nation’s Capital…
Disability Rights Mississippi v. Fitch (Legal Case) 5/8/2024 LWV Mississippi, Disability Rights Mississippi, and three voters filed a federal lawsuit against restrictions on voters with disabilities seeking assistance with returning absentee ballots
LWVUS Opposes Effort to Exclude Noncitizens from Apportionment Count (Legal Document) 5/7/2024 LWVUS and partners urged Congress to oppose H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act.
Protecting the Rights of Voters with Disabilities (Blog) 5/6/2024 Voting is a fundamental right. Yet voters with disabilities face persistent barriers to casting a ballot. Fortunately, these barriers can be challenged under Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act of…
Alabama NAACP v. Marshall (SB1 Challenge) (Legal Case) 5/3/2024 LWV Alabama and partner organizations filed a federal lawsuit against restrictions on assisting voters with absentee ballot applications
Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Disability Rights Groups Ask Court to Block Enforcement of Law Criminalizing Absentee Ballot Application Assistance (Press Release) 5/3/2024 A coalition of civil rights, voting rights, and disability rights organizations filed a motion for a preliminary injunction asking the court to pause the state of Alabama from criminalizing the…
Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Chapman (now Schmidt) (Legal Case) 4/30/2024 LWV of Pennsylvania and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit to count absentee ballots that were returned and properly sealed by the statutory deadline but were rejected for being incorrectly dated.
League of Women Voters of New Hampshire Ask Federal Court to Immediately Halt Defendants’ Use of Artificial Intelligence in US Elections (Press Release) 4/30/2024 The League of Women Voters of the United States, the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, and several individual New Hampshire voters have filed a motion for preliminary injunction in the US…