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Fighting Voter Suppression

LWVFL, SPLC File Emergency Motion to Extend Voter Registration as Floridians Face Back-to-Back Hurricanes (Press Release)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — LWVFL, with SPLC, filed emergency litigation to reopen Florida's voter registration after Gov. DeSantis missed extending the Oct. 7 deadline.

Lawsuit Challenges Recent Voter Roll Purges in Virginia Preventing Eligible US citizens from Voting (Press Release)

Today, the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights and LWV filed a federal lawsuit against the state for unlawful voter roll removals.

Henderson v. Abhiraman (Legal Case)

LWVGA moved to intervene on behalf of voters in a suit against the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections alleging failure to properly consider challenges to voters’ eligibility.

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)

Coalition for Open Democracy v. Scanlan (now Formella) (Legal Case)

LWV of New Hampshire filed a federal lawsuit challenging a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and abolishing sworn affidavits at the polls

ACLU lawsuit challenges New Hampshire’s voter proof-of-citizenship law (News Clips)

A lawsuit filed Monday challenges a New Hampshire law that would require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote and photo identification when casting a ballot, restrictive voting law.

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.

Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Fontes (Legal Case)

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

Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Barring Enforcement of SB1 for Voters with Disabilities (Press Release)

LWV of Alabama & the Alabama Disability Advocates Program defend disabled, blind, & low-literacy voters' right to assistance for absentee voting.

Tennessee NAACP v. Lee (Legal Case)

LWV Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit asserting several congressional districts and one state senate district were racially gerrymandered.