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Splonskowski v. White

LWVND moved to intervene in a lawsuit alleging that state law counting absentee ballots if they arrived up to 13 days after Election Day was illegal

Elections / February 2, 2024 / Case Active

GA State Conference of the NAACP v. Raffensperger (consolidated as In re: Georgia Senate Bill 202)

LWV Georgia and partners filed a federal lawsuit challenging SB202, which restricted early voting and ballot drop boxes and criminalized giving water and food to voters waiting in line to vote

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / January 22, 2024 / Case Active

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

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.

Redistricting / November 27, 2023 / Case Closed

Fitz-James v. Ashcroft

LWV of Missouri filed an amicus brief to support plaintiffs’ efforts to rewrite a misleading and inaccurate summary of a ballot initiative protecting abortion rights

Elections / Reproductive Justice / November 21, 2023 / Case Closed

Merrill v. Milligan (now Allen v. Milligan)

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

Redistricting / October 5, 2023 / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of Arkansas v. Thurston

The LWV Arkansas and individual plaintiffs filed a federal court challenge to Arkansas’ requirements for absentee ballots, seeking remedial action prior to the November 2020 election

Fighting Voter Suppression / September 29, 2023 / Case Closed

Richardson v. Texas Secretary of State

Lawsuit filed on behalf of voters, MOVE Texas Civic Fund, the League of Women Voters of Texas, Austin Justice Coalition, and Coalition of Texans with Disabilities challenging the state’s signature…

Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / September 7, 2023 / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of Ohio v. La Rose (now League of Women Voters v. Huffman) (congressional map)

State court lawsuits by LWV Ohio asserting Ohio’s new Congressional map violated the Ohio Constitution’s ban on partisan gerrymandering.

Redistricting / September 7, 2023 / Case Closed

Carroll v. Gianforte

LWV of Montana and partners filed a lawsuit in Montana state court asserting a new law creating a parallel “community choice” school system violated Montana’s Constitution

Elections / Equal Rights / September 6, 2023 / Case Active

Hamilton v. Dallas County

Case filed by nine female detention service officers against the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department asserting sex discrimination in scheduling days off.

Equal Rights / August 18, 2023 / Case Active