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 ACLU and co-counsel filed a lawsuit to block the Executive Order as an unconstitutional power grab.
Status: Ongoing
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Ohio
Jul 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
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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Ohio
Jul 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
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.
Texas
Apr 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
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 didn鈥檛 know, and nobody told her, that the state considered her ineligible to vote while on supervised release. Because her name didn鈥檛 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
Fighting Voter Suppression
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 didn鈥檛 know, and nobody told her, that the state considered her ineligible to vote while on supervised release. Because her name didn鈥檛 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.
Arizona Supreme Court
Jun 2023
Fighting Voter Suppression
AZ Petition Partners v. Thompson (Amicus)
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Arizona Supreme Court
Jun 2023
Fighting Voter Suppression
AZ Petition Partners v. Thompson (Amicus)
Court Case
Dec 2022
Fighting Voter Suppression
Crowell v. Cobb County
For the second time in as many months and over two elections, Cobb County again failed to timely send absentee ballots to thousands of voters. The ACLU and partners successfully sued on behalf of impacted voters to ensure that they and other Cobb County voters could effectively cast their ballots in Georgia's December 2022 runoff election.
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Court Case
Dec 2022
Fighting Voter Suppression
Crowell v. Cobb County
For the second time in as many months and over two elections, Cobb County again failed to timely send absentee ballots to thousands of voters. The ACLU and partners successfully sued on behalf of impacted voters to ensure that they and other Cobb County voters could effectively cast their ballots in Georgia's December 2022 runoff election.
Georgia
Nov 2022
Fighting Voter Suppression
Cook v. Cobb County
On November 4, 2022鈥攖he last day of early voting in Georgia and four days before the November 2022 midterm elections鈥擟obb County Elections Director Janine Eveler disclosed for the first time that approximately 1,036 absentee ballots marked as issued on October 13, 2022 and October 22, 2022 had never been mailed to voters, due to staff error. The ACLU and co-counsel sued on behalf of several affected voters to ensure that plaintiffs could vote in the 2022 midterm election and that no other voters were affected by Cobb County's error.
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Georgia
Nov 2022
Fighting Voter Suppression
Cook v. Cobb County
On November 4, 2022鈥攖he last day of early voting in Georgia and four days before the November 2022 midterm elections鈥擟obb County Elections Director Janine Eveler disclosed for the first time that approximately 1,036 absentee ballots marked as issued on October 13, 2022 and October 22, 2022 had never been mailed to voters, due to staff error. The ACLU and co-counsel sued on behalf of several affected voters to ensure that plaintiffs could vote in the 2022 midterm election and that no other voters were affected by Cobb County's error.