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Disability Rights Mississippi v. Fitch

LWV Mississippi, Disability Rights Mississippi, and three voters filed a federal lawsuit against restrictions on voters with disabilities seeking assistance with returning absentee ballots

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / March 3, 2025 / Case Closed

America First Policy Institute v. Biden

LWVUS intervened in a case on President Biden's Executive Order 14019, which instructed agencies to expand voter registration

Expanding Voter Access / February 26, 2025 / Case Closed

Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes

LWV Arizona and LWVUS filed an amicus brief in a federal lawsuit defending the applicability of the NVRA to presidential elections

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / February 25, 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

Arctic Village Council v. Fenumiai

LWV of Alaska and co-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Alaska state court, arguing the lack of a notice and cure process for absentee ballots violated the Alaska Constitution

Elections / Expanding Voter Access / February 24, 2025 / Case Closed

Griffin v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

LWV North Carolina filed an amicus brief on behalf of North Carolina voters after a lawsuit was filed by a losing state supreme court candidate, putting 60,000 ballots in jeopardy of being thrown out

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / February 4, 2025 / Case Active

Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights v. Beals

LWVVA filed a federal lawsuit to prevent a voter purge resulting from Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order 35

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / January 28, 2025 / Case Active

Hopkins v. Hosemann (now Watson)

LWVUS, LWV Mississippi, and civil rights partners filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs asserting Mississippi’s permanent felony disenfranchisement law violated the Eighth Amendment

Fighting Voter Suppression / January 27, 2025 / Case Closed

Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Chapman (now Schmidt)

LWV of Pennsylvania and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit to count mail ballots that were returned and properly sealed by the statutory deadline but were rejected for being incorrectly dated

Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / January 21, 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