Voting Rights
Allen v. Milligan
Whether Alabamas congressional districts violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because they discriminate against Black voters. We succeeded in winning a new map for 2024 elections which, for the first time, has two congressional district that provide Black voters a fair opportunity to elect candidates of their choosing despite multiple attempts by Alabama to stop us at the Supreme Court. Despite this win, Alabama is still defending its discriminatory map, and a trial was held in February 2025 to determine the map for the rest of the decade.
In May 2025, a federal court ruled that Alabama's 2023 congressional map both violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and was enacted by the Alabama Legislature with racially discriminatory intent.
Status: Ongoing
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Washington, D.C.
Apr 2025

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 Commissionan agency that Congress specifically established to be bipartisan and independentto 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 勛圖眻畦 and co-counsel filed a lawsuit to block the Executive Order as an unconstitutional power grab.
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 1569s elimination a preexisting protection for votersnamely, 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 Carolinas 2022 congressional redistricting plan, which legislators admit was drawn to entrench a 6-1 Republican majority in the states federal delegation. Plaintiff the League of Women Voters of South Carolina has asked the states Supreme Court to conclude that the congressional map is an unlawful partisan gerrymander that violates the state constitution.
Georgia
Oct 2024

Voting Rights
Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. v. Georgia
The 勛圖眻畦 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 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 1SB 1 for shortthat 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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Utah Supreme Court
Jul 2024
Voting Rights
Utah State Legislature v. League of Women Voters (Amicus)
This case involves a state constitutional challenge to the Utah Legislatures 2021 redistricting plan, which was drawn to entrench the majority political partys power and to discriminate against Utahns whose political expression aligns with an opposition political party. The 勛圖眻畦 and the 勛圖眻畦 of Utah filed an amicus brief in support of the challenge in the Utah Supreme Court, explaining why the redistricting map violates Utahns free-expression rights and why courts have the authority to block the map as unconstitutional.
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Utah Supreme Court
Jul 2024

Voting Rights
Utah State Legislature v. League of Women Voters (Amicus)
This case involves a state constitutional challenge to the Utah Legislatures 2021 redistricting plan, which was drawn to entrench the majority political partys power and to discriminate against Utahns whose political expression aligns with an opposition political party. The 勛圖眻畦 and the 勛圖眻畦 of Utah filed an amicus brief in support of the challenge in the Utah Supreme Court, explaining why the redistricting map violates Utahns free-expression rights and why courts have the authority to block the map as unconstitutional.

Kansas
Jul 2024
Voting Rights
Coca v. City of Dodge City
Dodge City's (Kansas) at-large method of election for its city commission violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) by diluting the political power of the citys Latine community. The at-large method of election also violates the Fourteenth Amendment because it is operated with a discriminatory purpose.
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Kansas
Jul 2024

Voting Rights
Coca v. City of Dodge City
Dodge City's (Kansas) at-large method of election for its city commission violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) by diluting the political power of the citys Latine community. The at-large method of election also violates the Fourteenth Amendment because it is operated with a discriminatory purpose.

Florida
May 2024
Voting Rights
Hispanic Federation v. Byrd
Of all 50 states, Florida ranks 47th in percentage of its eligible citizens who are registered to vote. Yet, in May 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 7050, which bars any noncitizen regardless of lawful residence status from working or volunteering for third-party voter registration organizations (3PVROs) who register eligible Floridians to vote. In practice, the law imposes a $50,000 fine on a 3PVRO for each noncitizen who engages in voter-registration work on a 3PVROs behalf. This law would silence and put out of business countless community-based groups that rely on both citizens and noncitizens to help eligible voters in their communities participate in their democracy.
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Florida
May 2024

Voting Rights
Hispanic Federation v. Byrd
Of all 50 states, Florida ranks 47th in percentage of its eligible citizens who are registered to vote. Yet, in May 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 7050, which bars any noncitizen regardless of lawful residence status from working or volunteering for third-party voter registration organizations (3PVROs) who register eligible Floridians to vote. In practice, the law imposes a $50,000 fine on a 3PVRO for each noncitizen who engages in voter-registration work on a 3PVROs behalf. This law would silence and put out of business countless community-based groups that rely on both citizens and noncitizens to help eligible voters in their communities participate in their democracy.

Texas
Apr 2024
Voting Rights
Crystal Mason v. State of Texas
Crystal Mason thought she was performing her civic duty by filling out a provisional ballot in the 2016 election. She didn't know it would land her a five-year prison sentence, upending her family and the life she had built. At the time, Ms. Mason was on federal supervised release, a preliminary period of freedom for individuals who have served their full time of incarceration in federal prison. Ms. Mason didnt know, and nobody told her, that the state considered her ineligible to vote while on supervised release. Because her name didnt appear on voter rolls, she filed a provisional ballot, consistent with federal law. The state never counted her ballot but has still sought to send her to prison for an innocent mistake.
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Texas
Apr 2024

Voting Rights
Crystal Mason v. State of Texas
Crystal Mason thought she was performing her civic duty by filling out a provisional ballot in the 2016 election. She didn't know it would land her a five-year prison sentence, upending her family and the life she had built. At the time, Ms. Mason was on federal supervised release, a preliminary period of freedom for individuals who have served their full time of incarceration in federal prison. Ms. Mason didnt know, and nobody told her, that the state considered her ineligible to vote while on supervised release. Because her name didnt appear on voter rolls, she filed a provisional ballot, consistent with federal law. The state never counted her ballot but has still sought to send her to prison for an innocent mistake.

Court Case
Apr 2024
Voting Rights
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc v. Raffensperger
The 勛圖眻畦 and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against Georgia's newly drawn maps which deny Black residents an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect candidates of choice.
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Court Case
Apr 2024

Voting Rights
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc v. Raffensperger
The 勛圖眻畦 and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against Georgia's newly drawn maps which deny Black residents an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect candidates of choice.