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Fighting Voter Suppression

League of Women Voters (LWV), League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL), and League of Women Voters of New York State (LWVNYS) moved to intervene in a federal lawsuit brought by Louisiana, Kansas, Ohio, and West Virginia seeking to add a citizenship question to the 2030 Census

The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS), the League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL), and the League of Women Voters of New York State (LWVNYS), represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), filed a motion to intervene in Louisiana v. U.S. Department of Commerce, a lawsuit seeking to exclude undocumented persons and holders of temporary visas from the census count used to allocate congressional seats and Electoral College votes. 

The League of Women Voters stands strongly opposed to the passage of the SAVE Act in the US House.

This op-ed originally appeared in Teen Vogue.

The SAVE Act would erect unnecessary barriers to register to vote for tens of millions of Americans. LWV CEO Celina Stewart explains, in Teen Vogue. 

LWVUS thanked Sen. Cory Booker for his unwavering commitment to democracy and civil rights.

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. 

The League joined over 100 other organizations in writing to House members in strong opposition to H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.

The League joined over 100 other organizations in writing to House leadership in strong opposition to H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.

LWVUS and four partner organizations wrote to the Election Assistance Commission to inform the commission that it is not authorized to implement the Executive Order on Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.

LWV New Hampshire and LWVUS filed a federal lawsuit against defendants who sent thousands of robocalls impersonating President Biden during the state’s primary election