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Redistricting

Virginia Legislators Should Put Voters First When Redrawing Maps (Press Release)

The Virginia General Assembly will convene in a special session to redraw eleven House of Delegates districts that a three-judge panel deemed in June were an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

North Carolina Voters Win in Partisan Gerrymandering Case (Press Release)

A three-judge panel struck down the state’s congressional map as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. 

League Submits Comments Regarding Citizenship on 2020 Census (Legal Document)

The League submitted organizational comments regarding the inclusion of the citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The Charlotte Observer: With Kennedy gone from Supreme Court, what's next for NC gerrymandering case? (News Clips)

The League of Women Voters of North Carolina is a plaintiff in a case challenging the state's 13 congressional districts as extreme unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.

NC Court Sends Gerrymandering Case Back to Lower Court, Further Delaying Voter Protections (Press Release)

The Supreme Court sent the North Carolina redistricting case of Rucho v. League of Women Voters of NC back to the U.S District court for further consideration.

LWVUS Position on Redistricting (Article)

This is the Leagues official position on redistricting as adopted by the delegates at the 2016 LWVUS Convention.

Gill v. Whitford (Legal Case)

A group of Wisconsin voters filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Wisconsin Legislature’s 2011 proposed redistricting map as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin filed an amicus brief in the case supporting the challenge to the map. 

Washington Post: Efforts to limit partisan gerrymandering falter at Supreme Court (News Clips)

The justices left the door open for future challenges to partisan gerrymanders.

Supreme Court Upholds Wisconsin Unconstitutional Electoral Maps (Press Release)

Today the Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate standing in the case of Gill v. Whitford, a case which challenged the state of Wisconsin’s assembly map as an example of partisan gerrymandering.

LWV Ohio Joins Congressional District Lawsuit (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of Ohio today announced participation in a lawsuit challenging the state's U.S. congressional districts as unconstitutional.