The League Urges Congress to Fund Elections (Legal Document) 7/25/2024 The League sent a letter to the Senate highlighting the need for robust, regular funding for state and local election administration.
Federal Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Voters with Disabilities in Ohio (Press Release) 7/23/2024 COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal court has struck down restrictions in Ohio’s House Bill 458 that made it a crime for all but a handful of family members to assist voters with disabilities in casting…
League joins comments to EAC on National Voter Registration Form (Legal Document) 7/22/2024 The League joined the Brennan Center for Justice and other groups on comments to the Election Assistance Commission regarding the Accessible Digital Form Filler Tool for the National Mail Voter…
Colorado Montana Wyoming State Area Conference of the NAACP v. United States Election Integrity Plan (Legal Case) 7/19/2024 LWV Colorado, the Colorado Montana and Wyoming Area Conference of the NAACP and Mi Familia Vota, filed a lawsuit alleging voter intimidation by the United States Election Integrity Project (USEIP)
Federal Court Upholds Mississippi Lifetime Felony Disenfranchisement Law (Press Release) 7/18/2024 The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, along with the Mississippi Center for Justice, One Voice, Mississippi Votes, the Mississippi State…
Hopkins v. Hosemann (now Watson) (Legal Case) 7/18/2024 LWVUS, LWV Mississippi, and 11 other civil rights organizations filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs asserting Mississippi’s permanent felony disenfranchisement law violated the Eighth…
A Win for Fair Maps in Utah! (Press Release) 7/11/2024 In a victory for Utah voters, the Utah Supreme Court allowed Utah voters to move forward with their claim that the Legislature illegally gutted a citizen-led anti-gerrymandering initiative.
LWVUS joins a letter in opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (Legal Document) 7/9/2024 LWVUS joined a letter to the House of Representatives in opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
Challenges Facing Student Voters (Blog) 6/20/2024 Young voters are becoming a force in American politics, and as a result, anti-voter state legislatures are going to great lengths to add hurdles for young voters.In spite of these barriers, young…
Voter advocacy groups ask feds to step in after Texas allowed some voters’ ballots to be identified (News Clips) 6/13/2024 This story was originally published in Votebeat Texas on June 13, 2024. A coalition of watchdog and voter advocacy groups asked the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday to use “all available…
