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Redistricting

Collecting signatures to end gerrymandering (News Clips)

This opinion was originally published by The Miami Student.

Jenny Fisher, co-president of LWV Oxford, OH, discusses the Citizens Not Politicans petition in Ohio and fighting gerrymandering in the state.

Hoffmann v. New York Independent Redistricting Commission (Legal Case)

LWV New York filed an amicus brief arguing against allowing a redraw of New York’s congressional maps before the 2024 elections

GEORGIA COURT BLOCKS RACIALLY GERRYMANDERED COBB COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MAP (Press Release)

COBB COUNTY, GA — In a win for Black and Latino voters, the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia blocked the Cobb County School Board from using its racially gerrymandered map in an upcoming election because it violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution.

What’s Happening with Alabama’s Redistricting Post-Milligan? (Blog)

In an unexpected decision last June, Allen v. Milligan, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) upheld Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and ruled that Alabama’s 2021 congressional map illegally diluted the voting power of Black Alabamians. Following SCOTUS’s ruling, Alabama defied the court’s order in an attempt to continue disempowering Black residents.

Deadline to approve new congressional maps loom over Georgia lawmakers (News Clips)

This story was originally published by FOX 5 Atlanta.

"We are concerned by the large number of voters whose US Representatives and potentially polling locations will change in such a quick timeframe," said Rashidah Hasan, representing the League of Women Voters of Georgia.

Republican Party of New Mexico v. Oliver (Legal Case)

LWV New Mexico filed an amicus brief in New Mexico state court to assist it in evaluating the constitutionality of the state’s congressional map

League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Ohio Redistricting Commission (state legislative maps) (Legal Case)

LWV Ohio filed a lawsuit in state court challenging the new State House and State Senate maps as illegal partisan gerrymanders under the Ohio Constitution.

League of Women Voters: Gerrymandering is harming environmental protection in Wisconsin (News Clips)

This story was originally published in WUWM 89.7.

Debra Cronmiller is executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. She testified that a gerrymandered legislature is failing to do its work.

Merrill v. Milligan (now Allen v. Milligan) (Legal Case)

Plaintiffs sued in federal court to require Alabama to draw a second majority-Black Congressional district under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

A Racial Gerrymandering Case at the Supreme Court: Alexander v. SC State Conf. of the NAACP (Blog)

The League is invested in and carefully watching an important redistricting case, Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. The case is an appeal from a ruling striking down South Carolina’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.