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Louisiana v. Department of Commerce

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,…

Fighting Voter Suppression / Redistricting / April 10, 2025 / Case Active

LWV Greeley-Weld County v. Weld County Board of Commissioners

LWV of Greeley-Weld County and the Latino Coalition of Weld County filed a state court lawsuit asserting the Weld County Commission violated state law when redrawing its districts

Redistricting / February 24, 2025 / Case Active

Louisiana v. Callais

LWVUS and civil rights groups filed an amicus brief supporting a new majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana to ensure fair representation

Redistricting / December 26, 2024 / Case Active

League of Women Voters of South Carolina v. Alexander

LWVSC filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s congressional districts violated the state Constitution.

Redistricting / November 22, 2024 / Case Active

Common Cause Indiana v. City of Anderson Common Council

LWV Indiana and its co-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the Anderson, Indiana, city council asserting its failure to redistrict city council districts violated state and federal law

Redistricting / September 30, 2024 / Case Active

Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Byrd (formerly Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Lee)

The League of Women Voters of Florida sued the Florida legislature and Florida officials for violating the state constitution by enacting district maps that were racial and partisan gerrymanders

Redistricting / September 12, 2024 / Case Active

Common Cause v. Raffensperger

LWV Georgia filed a federal lawsuit asserting three congressional districts in metropolitan Atlanta were racially gerrymandered

Fighting Voter Suppression / Redistricting / August 20, 2024 / Case Active

Finn v. Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration

A lawsuit challenging the newly drawn district map for the Cobb County Board of Education as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Redistricting / August 13, 2024 / Case Active

LWV Utah v. Utah State Legislature

LWV Utah and Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG) sued to strike down gerrymandered congressional districts and reinstate an independent redistricting commission

Redistricting / July 11, 2024 / Case Active