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Voter Purging

4 Key Elements of HR1 (Blog)

Congress could make history with HR1, a comprehensive package of democracy reforms. We have been working to ensure that it strengthens voting rights.

League Stands Up for Arizona Voters in Court (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of Arizona filed a lawsuit against the Arizona Secretary of State for violating the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). 

Supreme Court Upholds Unreasonable Voter Purge Standard (Press Release)

Today, the Supreme Court ruled against Ohio voters by upholding the state's purging practice for those voters who did not vote in a single election.

League Submits Brief in Husted v. A. Phillip Randolph Institute (Article)

LWVUS and LWVOH submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Husted v. A. Phillip Randolph Institute.

LWVTN Sends Letter Opposing Purging Voter Rolls Based on Non-Voting (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of Tennessee sent a letter to the TN Secretary of State urging him to consider allowing voters who had been purged from the voter rolls to be allowed to vote by provisional ballot

League Joins Amicus in Ohio Purging Case A. Phillip Randolph Inst. v. John Husted (Article)

The League joined Common Cause and Project Vote on an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the case of A. Phillip Randolph Inst.

League Files Amicus Brief in A. Phillip Randolph Inst. v. Husted (Article)

The League joined Project Vote and Common Cause on a brief in the case of A. Phillip Randolf Inst. v. Husted in 6th Circuit Appeals Court.

Bending Over Backwards in Kansas (Blog)

Send the League of Women Voters of Kansas a message of support — they recently launched an emergency initiative to reach all voters that the Secretary of State of is attempting to purge from the voter rolls.

Kansas League Continues the Fight against Proof-of-Citizenship (Blog)

Local Leagues throughout Kansas are reaching out to “purged” voters following changes to the state's proof-of-citizenship requirement on state voter registration forms. League volunteers will educate effected registrants to ensure that every person who registers to vote in Kansas is able to vote.

Kansas Purge of Voter Suspension List: Plain Wrong (Press Release)

Today, the state of Kansas begins the process of purging tens of thousands of voters from a suspension list created for otherwise eligible voters who were unable to fulfill a restrictive proof-of-citizenship requirement.