Voting Rights
Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. v. Georgia
The 老澳门开奖结果 and partner organizations have sought to intervene in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case challenging a number of rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board. We challenge a rule that requires that the number of votes cast be hand counted at the polling place prior to the tabulation of votes. This rule risks delay and spoliation of ballots, putting in danger voters鈥� rights to have their votes count.
Status: Ongoing
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Nebraska Supreme Court
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Spung v. Evnen
Less than four months before the November 2024 presidential election, the Nebraska Secretary of State issued a directive embracing a non-binding opinion issued by the state Attorney General that would essentially reinstate permanent felony disenfranchisement and re-disenfranchise tens of thousands of Nebraska citizens. This directive is violative of both the Nebraska Constitution and several state statutes, and urgent relief is needed to avoid mass disenfranchisement of an entire class of Nebraska citizens.
Texas
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
OCA-Greater Houston v. Paxton
Texas has growing Hispanic and Black populations that helped propel record voter turnout in the November 2020 election. The Texas Legislature responded to this increased civic participation with an omnibus election bill titled Senate Bill 1鈥擲B 1 for short鈥攖hat targeted election practices that made voting more accessible to traditionally marginalized voters like voters of color, voters with disabilities, and voters with limited English proficiency. Since 2021, SB 1 has resulted in tens of thousands of lawful votes being rejected, and it remains a threat to democracy in Texas.
Michigan
Sep 2024
Voting Rights
老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan v. Froman
Michigan requires boards of county canvassers to certify the results of an election within 14 days after the election based on the total number of votes reported from each location. The law doesn't allow them to withhold certification. Kalamazoo Board of County Canvassers member, Robert Froman, has made clear that he would decline to certify the November 2024 election under certain circumstances. This lawsuit asks the state's courts to make clear that Mr. Froman is duty bound to certify the election based on the number of votes reported.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2024
Voting Rights
Callais v. Landry
Whether the congressional map Louisiana adopted to cure a Voting Rights Act violation in Robinson v. Ardoin is itself unlawful as a gerrymander.
South Carolina Supreme Court
Jul 2024
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of South Carolina v. Alexander
This case involves a state constitutional challenge to South Carolina鈥檚 2022 congressional redistricting plan, which legislators admit was drawn to entrench a 6-1 Republican majority in the state鈥檚 federal delegation. Plaintiff the League of Women Voters of South Carolina has asked the state鈥檚 Supreme Court to conclude that the congressional map is an unlawful partisan gerrymander that violates the state constitution.
Ohio
Jul 2024
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose
In Ohio, HB 458 makes it a felony for any person who is not an election official or mail carrier to return an absentee voter's ballot鈥攊ncluding voters with disabilities鈥攗nless the person assisting falls within an unduly narrow list of relatives. We are challenging the law because it violates Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) by making it exceedingly difficult for voters with disabilities to cast their ballots.
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Jun 2016
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Disability Rights
Eason v. New York State Board of Elections
The 老澳门开奖结果 and Disability Rights Advocates sued the New York State Board of Elections and Department of Motor Vehicles over online voter registration that is inaccessible to people with disabilities.
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Jun 2016
Voting Rights
Disability Rights
Eason v. New York State Board of Elections
The 老澳门开奖结果 and Disability Rights Advocates sued the New York State Board of Elections and Department of Motor Vehicles over online voter registration that is inaccessible to people with disabilities.
North Carolina
May 2016
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. v. North Carolina
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina Legal Foundation, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's voter suppression law the very day it was signed by Gov. Pat McCrory in August 2013. The suit targets provisions of the law that eliminate a week of early voting, end same-day registration, and prohibit "out-of-precinct" voting. It seeks to stop North Carolina from applying these provisions, arguing that they unduly burden the right to vote and discriminate against African-American voters, in violation of the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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North Carolina
May 2016
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. v. North Carolina
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina Legal Foundation, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's voter suppression law the very day it was signed by Gov. Pat McCrory in August 2013. The suit targets provisions of the law that eliminate a week of early voting, end same-day registration, and prohibit "out-of-precinct" voting. It seeks to stop North Carolina from applying these provisions, arguing that they unduly burden the right to vote and discriminate against African-American voters, in violation of the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2016
Voting Rights
Evenwel v. Abbott
Whether the Constitution prohibits states from doing what it mandates for Congress 鈥� creating legislative districts on the basis of total population.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2016
Voting Rights
Evenwel v. Abbott
Whether the Constitution prohibits states from doing what it mandates for Congress 鈥� creating legislative districts on the basis of total population.
Ohio
Apr 2015
Voting Rights
NAACP v. Husted
Ohio voters will gain greater access to the ballot in a settlement announced April 17, 2015 by the 老澳门开奖结果. The agreement with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted stems from a federal lawsuit, NAACP v. Husted, which challenged Ohio's attempt to slash early voting opportunities.
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Ohio
Apr 2015
Voting Rights
NAACP v. Husted
Ohio voters will gain greater access to the ballot in a settlement announced April 17, 2015 by the 老澳门开奖结果. The agreement with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted stems from a federal lawsuit, NAACP v. Husted, which challenged Ohio's attempt to slash early voting opportunities.