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Mississippi
Dec 2025
Mississippi

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 the current lines crack the Mississippi Delta and dilute the voting strength of Black Mississippians in state Supreme Court elections, in violation of the Voting Rights Act.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2025
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Voting Rights

Racial Justice

Allen v. Milligan

Whether Alabama鈥檚 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.
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Washington, D.C.
Oct 2025
trump

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 桃子视频and co-counsel filed a lawsuit to block the Executive Order as an unconstitutional power grab.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2025
Mississippi

Voting Rights

State Board of Election Commissioners v. Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP

Mississippi has a growing Black population, which is already the largest Black population percentage of any state in the country. Yet. Black Mississippians continue to be significantly under-represented in the state legislature, as Mississippi鈥檚 latest districting maps fail to reflect the reality of the state鈥檚 changing demographics. During the 2022 redistricting process, the Mississippi legislature refused to create any new districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred representative. The current district lines therefore dilute the voting power of Black Mississippians and continue to deprive them of political representation that is responsive to their needs and concerns, including severe disparities in education and healthcare.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2025
Louisiana

Voting Rights

Louisiana v. Callais (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.
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Missouri
Sep 2025
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Voting Rights

Wise v. Missouri

In unprecedented fashion, the State of Missouri has redrawn the district lines used for electing members of Congress for a second time this decade. These new district lines are gerrymandered and will harm political representation for all Missourians, particularly Black residents in Kansas City, who have been divided along racial lines.
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United States v. Page
California
Nov 2025

Voting Rights

United States v. Page

Representing the League of Women Voters of California, the League of Women Voters of Orange Coast, and the League of Women Voters of North Orange County, the 桃子视频Voting Rights Project, 桃子视频of Northern California, and 桃子视频of Southern California have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government鈥檚 demand that Orange County, California turn over unredacted voter information, including voters鈥 sensitive personal data such as drivers鈥 license numbers and partial social security numbers.
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California
Nov 2025
United States v. Page

Voting Rights

United States v. Page

Representing the League of Women Voters of California, the League of Women Voters of Orange Coast, and the League of Women Voters of North Orange County, the 桃子视频Voting Rights Project, 桃子视频of Northern California, and 桃子视频of Southern California have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government鈥檚 demand that Orange County, California turn over unredacted voter information, including voters鈥 sensitive personal data such as drivers鈥 license numbers and partial social security numbers.
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Alabama
Alabama
Oct 2025

Voting Rights

Alabama State Conference of the NAACP v. Allen

Alabama State Conference of the NAACP v. Allen challenges Alabama鈥檚 most recently drawn state legislative maps as dilutive of Black voting power in the state in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Alabama
Oct 2025
Alabama

Voting Rights

Alabama State Conference of the NAACP v. Allen

Alabama State Conference of the NAACP v. Allen challenges Alabama鈥檚 most recently drawn state legislative maps as dilutive of Black voting power in the state in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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EAC
Washington, D.C.
Oct 2025

Voting Rights

Comments on Petition of America First Legal for Rulemaking Before the Election Assistance Commission

The ACLU, along with several partner organizations, is opposing a request to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from the America First Legal Foundation (AFL) for a new rulemaking to consider changing the federal voter registration form to add a requirement for documentary proof of citizenship.   The federal voter registration form was created by the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), and under federal law almost all states in the country have to accept it as a form of mail voter registration. As intended by the NVRA, the form is a one page, streamlined application that an individual can complete and mail-in without providing any additional documentation. If the rules about the federal form are changed so that additional documentation is required, it is likely that many states would also change their own state voter registration forms to require documentary proof of citizenship.   This change would potentially disenfranchise millions of eligible U.S. citizens.
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Washington, D.C.
Oct 2025
EAC

Voting Rights

Comments on Petition of America First Legal for Rulemaking Before the Election Assistance Commission

The ACLU, along with several partner organizations, is opposing a request to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from the America First Legal Foundation (AFL) for a new rulemaking to consider changing the federal voter registration form to add a requirement for documentary proof of citizenship.   The federal voter registration form was created by the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), and under federal law almost all states in the country have to accept it as a form of mail voter registration. As intended by the NVRA, the form is a one page, streamlined application that an individual can complete and mail-in without providing any additional documentation. If the rules about the federal form are changed so that additional documentation is required, it is likely that many states would also change their own state voter registration forms to require documentary proof of citizenship.   This change would potentially disenfranchise millions of eligible U.S. citizens.
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allegheny
Pennsylvania
Oct 2025

Voting Rights

United States v. Pennsylvania

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the State of Pennsylvania, seeking private, confidential voter data that is protected by state privacy laws. DOJ鈥檚 efforts appear to be part of an effort to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls.
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Pennsylvania
Oct 2025
allegheny

Voting Rights

United States v. Pennsylvania

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the State of Pennsylvania, seeking private, confidential voter data that is protected by state privacy laws. DOJ鈥檚 efforts appear to be part of an effort to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls.
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Alaska
Sep 2025

Voting Rights

Racial Justice

Smith v. State of Alaska (Amicus)

The 桃子视频and 桃子视频of Alaska have filed an amicus in support of Tupe Smith, a woman born in American Samoa who now lives in Whittier, Alaska charged with falsely affirming that she was a U.S. citizen when she registered to vote. But Tupe Smith is not an 鈥渁lien鈥 under the law. People, like her, born in the U.S. territory of American Samoa are the only remaining individuals recognized as 鈥渘on-citizen U.S. nationals,鈥 a unique status that falls short of 鈥渃itizen鈥 but nonetheless recognizes that American Samoa has been part of the United States for over 125 years.   All evidence indicates that Ms. Smith believed that, as a non-citizen U.S. national, she was eligible to vote in local elections when she registered to vote. In fact, local election officials encouraged her to check the box labeled U.S. citizen when she registered, given the fact that there was no option for U.S. national.   Our amicus brief urges Alaska鈥檚 Court of Appeals to dismiss Tupe Smith鈥檚 indictment because of well-settled principles that election-crime statutes should be construed to avoid punishing innocent mistakes. Separately, we warn that upholding a different view of the law would make Alaska an outlier among the states.
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Alaska
Sep 2025
Credit: Right to Democracy

Voting Rights

Racial Justice

Smith v. State of Alaska (Amicus)

The 桃子视频and 桃子视频of Alaska have filed an amicus in support of Tupe Smith, a woman born in American Samoa who now lives in Whittier, Alaska charged with falsely affirming that she was a U.S. citizen when she registered to vote. But Tupe Smith is not an 鈥渁lien鈥 under the law. People, like her, born in the U.S. territory of American Samoa are the only remaining individuals recognized as 鈥渘on-citizen U.S. nationals,鈥 a unique status that falls short of 鈥渃itizen鈥 but nonetheless recognizes that American Samoa has been part of the United States for over 125 years.   All evidence indicates that Ms. Smith believed that, as a non-citizen U.S. national, she was eligible to vote in local elections when she registered to vote. In fact, local election officials encouraged her to check the box labeled U.S. citizen when she registered, given the fact that there was no option for U.S. national.   Our amicus brief urges Alaska鈥檚 Court of Appeals to dismiss Tupe Smith鈥檚 indictment because of well-settled principles that election-crime statutes should be construed to avoid punishing innocent mistakes. Separately, we warn that upholding a different view of the law would make Alaska an outlier among the states.
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