Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. Abbott (consolidated as LULAC v. Abbott) (Legal Case) 9/28/2022 Lawsuit challenging Texas’s new legislative and congressional districts as a violation of the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Lyons v. Galvin (Legal Case) 8/30/2022 Lawsuit brought by the Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party alleging a new law expanding early voting was unconstitutional
State Legislature Seeks Unchecked Power over Elections in Moore v. Harper (Blog) 8/24/2022 A dangerous theory known as the “independent state legislature doctrine" argues that state legislatures have unconditional power to legislate on election issues and cannot be reviewed by any…
The League's Impact on Redistricting (Blog) 7/28/2022 In September 2019, the League launched its national redistricting effort People Powered Fair Maps™ (PPFM). PPFM aimed to create greater transparency, fairness, and public participation in the…
NEW REPORT: LWV's 3-Year Redistricting Program Proves People Power Is the Path to Fair Maps (Press Release) 7/28/2022 Today the League of Women Voters published their 2022 redistricting report for the organization’s program People Powered Fair Maps™. The report covering three years of work shows that when people are…
LWV and SPLC Call on Supreme Court to Defend Equal Representation for Black Alabamians by Striking Down Alabama Congressional Map (Press Release) 7/18/2022 LWV of Alabama, LWV of the United States and partners submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Merrill v. Milligan, outlining how Black Alabamians have been systematically deprived of their…
LWV Wisconsin v. Knudson (2021) (Legal Case) 7/13/2022 LWV of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit to reactivate the voter registrations of 31,854 voters who had been unlawfully purged from the voter registration rolls.
Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (Legal Case) 7/8/2022 LWV Wisconsin intervened in a state court lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty that sought to ban ballot drop boxes
Voting Rights Organizations Challenge Cobb County School Board Map Denying Equal Representation to Voters of Color (Press Release) 6/9/2022 ATLANTA – TODAY The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), ACLU of Georgia, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyer’s Committee), and Schulte…
Harkenrider v. Hochul (Legal Case) 6/2/2022 LWV New York filed an amicus brief supporting the appointment of an independent expert to redraw New York’s congressional and state legislative districts