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A coalition of voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge President Trump’s unlawful executive order on voting. 

LWV Arizona and LWVUS filed an amicus brief in a federal lawsuit defending the applicability of the NVRA to presidential elections

This article was originally published in Public News Service. 

LWV Arizona filed an amicus brief supporting several provisions of the Arizona Elections Procedures Manual in a state court lawsuit

Richer v. Fontes (Legal Case)

LWV Arizona filed an amicus brief supporting the right of almost 100,000 Arizona voters to vote a full ballot after an error was discovered in the state’s voter registration database.

The Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a GOP challenge to Gov. Hobbs' executive orders expanding voter registration and ballot drop-off access.

Swoboda v. Hobbs (Legal Case)

LWV Arizona filed an amicus brief opposing a lawsuit to overturn two executive orders by Governor Katie Hobbs expanding voting access.

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.

Election and voting rights were the focus of this year’s Brown Forum for Women in Law Conference hosted by Northeastern University School of Law. This year’s conference was entitled “Women, Media, and the Law: Impacting Elections 2024.” 

 Our chief counsel and senior director of advocacy and litigation, Celina Stewart, attended the conference and spoke on its voting rights panel.

 

PHOENIX - The League of Women Voters of Arizona condemns the decision by the Arizona Supreme Court to reinstate the territorial-era abortion ban enacted in 1864.