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Redistricting Commission Reform.

Submitted by Spokane Area in February 2026.

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League Co-presidents Write
Spokesman Review, Letters to the Editor,
February 17, 2026

Redistricting in Washington Needs a Redo

Submitted by Spokane Area in February 2026.

Public Statement

Opinion By Karen Crowley and Barbara Tengtio
Special to: The Seattle Times

Submitted by Spokane Area in April 2025.

Public Statement

Federal Court Blocks Part of Anti-Voter Trump Executive Order Challenged by League of Women Voters

Submitted by Spokane Area in February 2025.

Press Mention

There is amazing access to information in our times; however, this information does not necessarily include what is going on in local communities. This puts democracy at risk.

Submitted by Spokane Area in December 2024.

Public Statement

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Voting rights groups sue to block Louisiana from suspending primary elections

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

News

Article published by The Guardian

Voter groups challenge order to postpone House primaries in Louisiana

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

News

Article published by Roll Call

Voting Rights Groups Sue to Stop Florida Congressional Map

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of Florida, Common Cause, and the League of United Latin American Citizens, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and Democracy Defenders Fund, filed a lawsuit in the Second Judicial Circuit Court in Leon County to stop the new Florida Congressional map.

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

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 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.

Civil Rights Groups File Emergency Challenge to Louisiana Governor’s Attempt to Suspend Election Already Underway

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

Public Statement

A group of individual voters and of voting rights organizations filed an emergency motion to block Governor Jeff Landry and Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s suspension of the state’s congressional primary election after voting has already begun statewide

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