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Redistricting

A Plaintiff's Perspective at the Supreme Court for Rucho v. LWVNC (Blog)

This month the Supreme Court will issue their decision in Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina, our redistricting lawsuit that could set a standard for the whole nation when it comes to partisan gerrymandering.

LWV Ohio Wins Fair Maps Lawsuit (Press Release)
Washington Post: Federal judges rule Michigan gerrymandering unconstitutional, order maps redrawn by 2020 (News Clips)

Federal judges ordered the state of Michigan to draw new legislative districts on Thursday, after finding that a gerrymandered plan enacted by the state’s Republican-dominated legislature in 2011 constituted an “extremely grave” constitutional violation.

LWV Celebrates New Michigan District Maps for 2020 (Press Release)

Today a panel of federal district judges ruled in favor of the League of Women Voters of Michigan in their First and Fourteenth Amendment challenges to the state and congressional redistricting plans. 

In the Know: Analyzing SCOTUS Hearing on Adding a Citizenship Question to 2020 Census (Blog)

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Department of Commerce v. New York, a case challenging the Administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census short form. Learn more about the case here.

League Calls on Senate to Hold For the People Act Hearing (Legal Document)

The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate calling for a hearing on the For the People Act. 

LWVUS Joins Amicus in Department of Commerce v. New York (Legal Document)

The League joined 178 civic organizations on an amicus brief for the census litigation case in New York.

League of Women Voters Supports the For the People Act in the Senate (Press Release)

This bill will make elections fairer and put power back in the hands of the American people.

Washington Post: Hogan, Schwarzenegger urge Supreme Court to act on partisan gerrymandering (News Clips)

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to act on partisan gerrymandering, calling the matter “one of the most important issues in America today.”

Hogan and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at an anti-gerrymandering rally Tuesday morning organized by Common Cause and the League of Women Voters.

Bloomberg: Supreme Court Justices Question Suits Over Partisan Gerrymandering (News Clips)

Supreme Court justices heard arguments Tuesday on a North Carolina map, drawn by Republicans who explicitly sought a partisan advantage, and a Maryland voting district designed by Democrats to oust a Republican lawmaker.

One North Carolina case was Rucho vs. League of Women Voters of North Carolina.