Voting Rights
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鈥攁n agency that Congress specifically established to be bipartisan and independent鈥攖o 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 红杏视频 and co-counsel filed a lawsuit to block the Executive Order as an unconstitutional power grab.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2025
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.
New Hampshire
Mar 2025
Voting Rights
Coalition for Open Democracy v. Scanlan
This lawsuit challenges HB 1569, a new law that will make New Hampshire the only state to require every person to produce documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote for both state and federal elections. It also challenges HB 1569鈥檚 elimination a preexisting protection for voters鈥攏amely, an affidavit option that allowed voters who faced surprise challenges to their eligibility at the polls to swear to their qualifications and cast a ballot. Accordingly, HB 1569 violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution by placing substantial burdens on New Hampshirites at all stages of the voting process, and will arbitrarily disenfranchise hundreds, if not thousands of qualified voters.
South Carolina Supreme Court
Jan 2025
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.
Louisiana
Jan 2025
Voting Rights
Nairne v. Landry
Nairne v. Landry poses a challenge under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to Louisiana鈥檚 House and Senate legislative maps on behalf of plaintiff Black voters and Black voters across the state.
Georgia
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. v. Georgia
The 红杏视频 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.
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.
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Delaware
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
Prisoner鈥檚 Legal Advocacy Network v. Carney
Right now, an entire class of eligible voters in Delaware 鈥� those incarcerated in Delaware facilities while awaiting trial (鈥減retrial detainees鈥�) or who have been convicted of misdemeanors, which are not disqualifying under state law (together with pretrial detainees, 鈥渆ligible incarcerated voters鈥�)鈥攈ave no constitutional means of voting. Delaware does not permit in-person voting in its correctional facilities. And a recent Delaware Supreme Court decision has now foreclosed these voters from voting absentee. This leaves these voters completely disenfranchised ahead of the 2024 elections, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Delaware
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
Prisoner鈥檚 Legal Advocacy Network v. Carney
Right now, an entire class of eligible voters in Delaware 鈥� those incarcerated in Delaware facilities while awaiting trial (鈥減retrial detainees鈥�) or who have been convicted of misdemeanors, which are not disqualifying under state law (together with pretrial detainees, 鈥渆ligible incarcerated voters鈥�)鈥攈ave no constitutional means of voting. Delaware does not permit in-person voting in its correctional facilities. And a recent Delaware Supreme Court decision has now foreclosed these voters from voting absentee. This leaves these voters completely disenfranchised ahead of the 2024 elections, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Arizona
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes (Amicus)
Does Congress have authority (as it has long done) to regulate all federal elections, including presidential elections鈥攕uch as through key federal voting rights laws like the NVRA, UOCAVA, and the MOVE Act?
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Arizona
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes (Amicus)
Does Congress have authority (as it has long done) to regulate all federal elections, including presidential elections鈥攕uch as through key federal voting rights laws like the NVRA, UOCAVA, and the MOVE Act?
Mississippi
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
Disability Rights Mississippi v. Fitch
A law passed in 2023 significantly diminishes access to the ballot for Mississippians with disabilities by restricting who may return an absentee ballot for a voter to only a narrow category of assistors. We鈥檙e suing to block this law.
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Mississippi
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
Disability Rights Mississippi v. Fitch
A law passed in 2023 significantly diminishes access to the ballot for Mississippians with disabilities by restricting who may return an absentee ballot for a voter to only a narrow category of assistors. We鈥檙e suing to block this law.
Mississippi
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
White v. Mississippi State Board of Elections
District lines used to elect Mississippi鈥檚 Supreme Court have gone unchanged for more than 35 years. We鈥檙e suing because this dilutes the voting strength of Black residents in state Supreme Court elections, in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution.
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Mississippi
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
White v. Mississippi State Board of Elections
District lines used to elect Mississippi鈥檚 Supreme Court have gone unchanged for more than 35 years. We鈥檙e suing because this dilutes the voting strength of Black residents in state Supreme Court elections, in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution.
Colorado
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
Citizens Project v. City of Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs鈥檚 unusually-timed elections suppress voter turnout鈥攄isproportionately, among the City鈥檚 Black and Hispanic population. This federal court lawsuit challenges the City鈥檚 election timing for violating our clients鈥� right to vote free from denial of abridgment on account of race under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Colorado
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
Citizens Project v. City of Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs鈥檚 unusually-timed elections suppress voter turnout鈥攄isproportionately, among the City鈥檚 Black and Hispanic population. This federal court lawsuit challenges the City鈥檚 election timing for violating our clients鈥� right to vote free from denial of abridgment on account of race under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.