Fighting Voter Suppression
League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump
On March 25, 2025, in a sweeping and unprecedented Executive Order, President Trump attempted to usurp the power to regulate federal elections from Congress and the States. Among other things, the Executive Order directs the Election Assistance Commission—an agency that Congress specifically established to be bipartisan and independent—to require voters to show a passport or other citizenship documentation in order to register to vote in federal elections. If implemented, the Executive Order would threaten the ability of millions of eligible Americans to register and vote and upend the administration of federal elections.
On behalf of leading voter registration organizations and advocacy organizations, the Ƶ and co-counsel filed a lawsuit to block the Executive Order as an unconstitutional power grab.
Status: Ongoing
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77 Fighting Voter Suppression Cases
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Oct 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar
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Court Case
Oct 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar
Montana
Sep 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton
The Ƶ, Ƶ of Montana, and Native American Rights Fund challenged a Montana law that severely restricted Native Americans’ access to the ballot. In September 2020, the court issued its ruled for plaintiffs, finding that they presented “cold, hard data” about the law's impact on Native Americans, and how its costs were “simply too high and too burdensome to remain the law of the State of Montana.”
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Montana
Sep 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton
The Ƶ, Ƶ of Montana, and Native American Rights Fund challenged a Montana law that severely restricted Native Americans’ access to the ballot. In September 2020, the court issued its ruled for plaintiffs, finding that they presented “cold, hard data” about the law's impact on Native Americans, and how its costs were “simply too high and too burdensome to remain the law of the State of Montana.”
Mississippi Supreme Court
Sep 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Oppenheim v. Watson
The Ƶ, Ƶ of Mississippi, and Mississippi Center for Justice filed a lawsuit on August 11, 2020, seeking to ensure that absentee voting is more accessible to Mississippians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mississippi Supreme Court
Sep 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Oppenheim v. Watson
The Ƶ, Ƶ of Mississippi, and Mississippi Center for Justice filed a lawsuit on August 11, 2020, seeking to ensure that absentee voting is more accessible to Mississippians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Court Case
Sep 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Racial Justice
NAACP Minnesota-Dakotas Area State Conference v. Simon
The Ƶ, Ƶ of Minnesota, and Faegre Drinker LLP are suing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon seeking to make voting safer in Minnesota in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sep 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Racial Justice
NAACP Minnesota-Dakotas Area State Conference v. Simon
The Ƶ, Ƶ of Minnesota, and Faegre Drinker LLP are suing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon seeking to make voting safer in Minnesota in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Puerto Rico
Aug 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Ocasio v. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones
The Ƶ, Ƶ of Puerto Rico, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Puerto Rico Election Commission’s failure to implement steps to ensure voters over 60 can safely cast a ballot in the November general election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Puerto Rico
Aug 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Ocasio v. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones
The Ƶ, Ƶ of Puerto Rico, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Puerto Rico Election Commission’s failure to implement steps to ensure voters over 60 can safely cast a ballot in the November general election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.