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Voter Purging

LWVNC Asks to Intervene in North Carolina Voter Purge Case (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of North Carolina (LWVNC), along with partners, asked to intervene in a lawsuit designed to purge eligible voters from the voter rolls in 40 North Carolina counties.  

Voting Rights Activists Arrested at White House (Press Release)
Activists from the League of Women Voters, People For the American Way, and Declaration for American Democracy demonstrate at White House for action on the freedom to vote.
League Urges Senate to Vote Yes on Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document)
In a memo to the US Senate, LWV urged Senators to support passage of the Freedom to Vote Act.
Brnovich: A Significant Blow to Our Freedom to Vote (Blog)

On July 1, in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to the freedom to vote. The decision held that Arizona laws discounting ballots cast out of precinct and banning nonrelative neighbors or friends to deliver mail-in ballots did not violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965, despite these laws’ negative effects on Black and brown voters. It is a major loss for voting rights at a time when this sacred freedom is under attack across the nation. 

Seventh Circuit Upholds Ruling Against Indiana’s Faulty Voter Roll Purges (Press Release)

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in League of Women Voters of Indiana v. Sullivan (previously called Indiana NAACP v. Lawson) that Indiana’s purge law was inconsistent with the National Voter Registration Act.

Only 11 Black Senators in U.S. History (Blog)

Senator Warnock's historic win in Georgia highlights how voter suppression disproportionately impacts voters of color.

League Affirms Support for the For the People Act in 117th Congress (Legal Document)

LWVUS sent a letter to Senate and House leadership outlining our continued support for the legislation commonly referred to as HR1 or the For the People Act. 

League of Women Voters of Michigan and Five Local Leagues Intervene in Lawsuit over Voter Purges (Press Release)

Today, a federal judge permitted LWV of Michigan and five local Leagues to intervene in support of the State in Daunt v. Benson, a federal lawsuit concerning voter purges.

Public Interest Legal Foundation Drops Meritless Voter Purge Lawsuit Against Detroit (Press Release)
LWV of Michigan and LWV of Detroit Join Voter Purge Case (Press Release)

A federal judge granted a motion to intervene to the League of Women Voters of Michigan and Detroit in a case which seeks to force the City of Detroit to conduct an aggressive purge of their voter registration rolls.