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UPDATE: Civil Rights Groups File Emergency Federal Challenge to Louisiana Officials’ Attempt to Suspend Election Already Underway

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

Public Statement

A group of individual voters, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana, and the League of Women Voters of Louisiana Education Fund today filed an emergency lawsuit in federal court seeking to block Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s implementation of Governor Jeff Landry’s unlawful executive order that attempts to suspend Louisiana’s congressional House primary elections after voting had already begun.

Submitted by California in June 2026.

News

California rejects the President’s baseless election fraud claims and investigations, calling them a political attack.

League of Women Voters Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision on Alabama Congressional Map

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Alabama issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow Alabama to use the Legislature's gerrymandered 2023 congressional map for the 2026 election cycle.

LWV CEO Celina Stewart Named Northeastern Law’s Brown Forum for Women in the Law Practitioner-in-Residence

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

Public Statement

Celina Stewart, a nationally recognized voting rights attorney and champion of American democracy, has been named by Northeastern Law’s Judith Olans Brown Forum for Women in the Law (WIL) as its Practitioner-in-Residence for 2026–2027.

Colorado’s Response to Chiles v. Salazar: Conversion Therapy and Free Speech

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

Blog Post

In March 2026, the Supreme Court determined that Colorado’s Conversion Therapy ban violated the First Amendment, in a major loss to LGBTQIA+ rights.

Colorado moved quickly on two fronts: maintaining protections for youth in a way consistent with the First Amendment and strengthening accountability for past harm.

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