Legal organizations demand answers form Hinds County over ballot shortage issues (News Clips) 12/7/2023 This story was originally published in Mississippi Today. A coalition of civic and legal organizations on Thursday called for the Hinds County…
What’s Happening with Alabama’s Redistricting Post-Milligan? (Blog) 12/5/2023 In an unexpected decision last June, Allen v. Milligan, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) upheld Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) and…, Soon after the congressional map was passed in 2021, several voters and voting rights organizations sued. After an extensive presentation of evidence…, The Supreme Court heard oral argument on October 4, 2022. Voting rights advocates and experts feared the Supreme Court would further weaken the VRA…, The district court noted, “[w]e are deeply troubled that the State enacted a map that the State readily admits does not provide the remedy we said…, In its brief, Alabama argued that the district court ruling striking down its new plan “commanded that race come first and all other criteria come…, The entire debacle, however, was enabled by the Supreme Court’s gutting of Section 5 of the VRA in the 2013 case Shelby v. Holder. If Section 5 were…, The three plans each address the Section 2 violations found in the two prior maps drawn by the Alabama legislature. They each contained two…, Alabamians and voting rights advocates such as US Representative Terri Sewell, the ACLU of Alabama, the National Redistricting Foundation, and former…, The viability of Section 2 has been reaffirmed; however, there are other cases to keep an eye on as states attempt to draw illegal districts that…
Deadline to approve new congressional maps loom over Georgia lawmakers (News Clips) 12/4/2023 This story was originally published by FOX 5 Atlanta. The U.S. House and Senate redistricting committees held hearings on legislative and…
OCA-Greater Houston v. Esparza (consolidated as La Union Del Pueblo Entero v. Abbott) (Legal Case) 11/29/2023
LWVTN, Tennessee Voters File Federal Lawsuit Challenging State “Bona Fide” Primary Voting Law (Press Release) 11/29/2023 NASHVILLE — The League of Women Voters of Tennessee and Tennessee voters Victor Ashe and Phil Lawson filed a federal lawsuit today…
League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Ohio Redistricting Commission (state legislative maps) (Legal Case) 11/27/2023
VICTORY: Federal Court Rules Pennsylvania Mail Ballots Without a Handwritten Date On the Outer Envelope Must be Counted (Press Release) 11/21/2023 PITTSBURGH — A federal court in western Pennsylvania ruled today that voters who submit mail ballots in time to be counted in an election —…
Pa. counties must accept undated, incorrectly dated mail ballots federal court rules (News Clips) 11/21/2023 This story was originally published in Votebeat. A federal court has directed Pennsylvania counties to accept mail ballots that a voter has failed…
LWV Statement on Appeals Court Ruling to Undermine the Voting Rights Act (Press Release) 11/21/2023 WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement after the Eighth Circuit of Appeals ruled there is…