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Date
May 1, 2020
Case
Issues
Lawsuit seeks to ensure voters can vote safely by mail in the upcoming elections and ensure ballots count.
Date
August 31, 2020
Issues
Bill Signed by Governor Codifies and Strengthens Lawsuit Resolution
NEWARK, NJ — Plaintiffs and their counsel in the LWV New Jersey v. Way lawsuit today applauded the New Jersey legislature for passing, and Gov. Phil Murphy for signing, the Ballot Cure Act (A4276), establishing a notice and cure...
Date
June 17, 2020
Issues
This is a win for New Jersey voters who spoke out and said that they should not have to pass a handwriting test to exercise their constitutional rights.
Date
May 18, 2020
Issues
Thousands of ballots are rejected each election in New Jersey because of issues related to signature or penmanship, including a signature changing over time and disabilities affecting one’s ability to write.
Date
September 18, 2020
Case
Issues
This settlement, combined with legislative action, will give voters clarity and confidence heading into the fall.
Date
July 24, 2020
Case
Issues
This bill is a huge step toward safeguarding the constitutional right of voters to have their votes counted.
Date
July 8, 2020
Case
Issues
All eligible voters should be able to have confidence that when they participate in an election, their vote will be counted.
Date
August 7, 2020
Case
Issues
Pennsylvania must create a uniform process to let voters fix signature-related issues with their mail-in ballots in order to give people confidence that their vote is being counted.
Date
September 14, 2020
Case
Issues
As a result of this case, Pennsylvania voters can cast their vote without fear that their ballot could be rejected solely because an election official – who isn’t trained in handwriting analysis – thinks their signatures don’t match.
Date
October 2, 2020
Issues
Our most important right as Americans is the right to vote and election officials at the state level should ensure that every eligible citizen has a safe and convenient way to vote in this election.
Date
September 30, 2020
Case
Issues
Absentee and mail voting are important ways to ensure that seniors and others at high risk from COVID-19 can safely participate in the election and have their vote counted.
Date
September 19, 2020
Issues
Ginsburg’s passing comes at a critical moment when American democracy is at risk from actors who seek to undermine the legitimacy of elections and use the legal system to disenfranchise voters.
Date
September 14, 2020
Case
Issues
Montana counties should not be prevented from allowing their citizens to vote safely during the pandemic.
Date
September 11, 2020
Case
Issues
Nobody should ever be denied their constitutional rights because they can’t afford to pay fines and fees.
Date
September 1, 2020
Case
Issues
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, on behalf of clients NAACP-New Jersey and League of Women Voters New Jersey, filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by President Trump, which challenges New Jersey’s plan to send all active registered voters a vote-by...
Date
August 13, 2020
Issues
Defunding the Postal Service and slowing its ability to deliver mail ballots to Americans will hurt Democratic and Republican voters alike.
Date
August 6, 2020
Issues
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has signed an executive order restoring voting rights to most people with felony convictions who have served their time. It was the last state in the US with a lifetime ban.
Date
July 30, 2020
Issues
Congress by law has set the General Election date as November 3, 2020, and the U.S. Constitution sets the end of the presidential term as noon on January 20, 2021.
Date
July 21, 2020
Issues
Tennessee denies more than 421,000 citizens the right to vote because of felony convictions. This accounts for more than 8.2% of the total voting age population, likely the highest rate of disenfranchisement in the U.S.
Date
July 16, 2020
Case
Issues
The Supreme Court stood by as the Eleventh Circuit prevented hundreds of thousands of otherwise eligible voters from participating in Florida’s primary election simply because they can’t afford to pay fines and fees.