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Voter Suppression

Voting Rights Advocates Move to Intervene in Suit to Protect 5,000 Georgia Voters at Risk of Removal from the November Election Rolls (Press Release)

DeKalb, Georgia — Today, the League of Women Voters of Georgia, Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, New Georgia Project, Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, A. Philip Randolph Institute, and Common Cause Georgia, represented by Advancement Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Southern Poverty Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Arnold & Porter, filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that is currently pending in state court (DeKalb County Superior Court)

Voting Rights Groups and Voters File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional New Hampshire Voting Law (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, Coalition for Open Democracy, Forward Foundation, and five current and future voters filed a federal lawsuit today challenging HB 1569, a new, significant, and unconstitutional change to New Hampshire’s voting laws that would create needless barriers to vote and remove some options that people are able to use when registering to vote. The groups are represented by the ACLU of New Hampshire, American Civil Liberties Union, and Ropes & Gray LLP.

Voting Rights Groups File Amicus Brief to Protect Arizona’s Eligible Voters From Documentary Proof of Citizenship Law (Press Release)

PHOENIX, AZ — The League of Women Voters of the United States, League of Women Voters of Arizona, Secure Families Initiative, and Modern Military Association of America filed an amicus brief this week in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes, a case before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Federal Court Upholds Mississippi Lifetime Felony Disenfranchisement Law (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, along with the Mississippi Center for Justice, One Voice, Mississippi Votes, the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, Black Voters Matter, the Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign, the Reaching and Educating for Community Hope (RECH) Foundation, Strong Arms of Mississippi, the Mississippi Prison Reform Coalition, the People’s Advocacy Institute (PAI), and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) released the following statement after the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Hopkins v. Watson overturned its earlier decision that declared Mississippi’s lifetime felony voting ban was unconstitutional.

Civic Groups Respond to Kansas Supreme Court Ruling on Controversial Voting Laws (Press Release)

The Kansas Supreme Court issued a decision in LWV Kansas v. Schwab, a case brought by the League of Women Voters of Kansas (LWV Kansas), Loud Light, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, and the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center, challenging restrictive voting laws enacted by the Kansas Legislature in 2021.

Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Disability Rights Groups Ask Court to Block Enforcement of Law Criminalizing Absentee Ballot Application Assistance (Press Release)

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 assistance of voters with their absentee ballot applications, which now may result in felony penalties of up to 20 years in prison.  

Tennessee Voters, LWVTN Refile Challenge to State’s “Bona Fide” Primary Voting Law (Press Release)
A crush of lawsuits over voting in multiple states is creating a shadow war for the 2024 election (News Clips)

This story was originally published by Associated Press

Legal experts are warning about how the lawsuits might overwhelm election officials and undermine voter confidence in the the results of the balloting.

Racial Justice Advocates Argue Appeals Court Should Affirm Lower Court’s Decision to Stop Use of County Line on New Jersey’s Primary Ballots in June Primary (Press Release)

NEWARK – In an amicus curiae brief filed today, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and Campaign Legal Center – on behalf of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey, Salvation and Social Justice, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, New Jersey Policy Perspective, AAPI New Jersey, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and Asian American Advancing Justice | AAJC (collectively, “Amici”) – asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to affirm the district court’s ruling in the case of Kim v. Hanlon.

Voter ID and absentee-ballot limits: the South tightens key voting laws ahead of election (News Clips)

This story was originally published by USA Today

States across the South are passing new restrictions on how votes are cast. Civil rights activists say it will reduce turnout among Black voters.