LDF Calls for Clear Redistricting Standards at the U.S. Supreme Court
On Monday, May 2, 2022, Lawyers Democracy Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief at United States Supreme Court to advocate for clear legal standards for redistricting maps in Merrill v. Milligan, consolidated with Merrill v. Caster. The issue before the United States Supreme Court is whether the State of Alabama’s 2021…
LDF Files Amicus Brief in Arizona Supreme Court
Lawyers Democracy Fund filed an amicus brief in Arizona GOP v. Hobbs to highlight why common sense voter integrity safeguards are essential to ballot secrecy and security in mail voting systems. In its brief, LDF explained that while Arizona over the years has made it more convenient to vote by…
LDF Publishes Analysis of Iowa Voting Laws
In 2021, Iowa enacted two bills to strengthen its election procedures – Senate File 413 and Senate File 568. Together, they add several meaningful reforms to make it easier to vote, according to uniform practices, while bolstering election integrity. S.F. 413 was the first major elections bill passed by…
Experts Available to Discuss: Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Decide Fate of “No-Excuse” Voting by Mail
For Immediate Release Contact: Lisa Dixon March 3, 2022 …
LDF Files Amicus in Support of North Carolina Photo ID Law
Lawyers Democracy Fund has filed an amicus brief in Holmes v. Moore in support of Senate Bill 824, North Carolina’s photo identification law for in-person voting. In 2018, North Carolina voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to amend the state constitution to require photo ID for in-person voting. The…
PA Court Overturns Unconstitutional No-Excuse Mail Voting Law
Today, the en banc Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court struck down Act 77, Pennsylvania’s unconstitutional no-excuse absentee voting law, in a Lawyers Democracy Fund (LDF)-backed lawsuit––McLinko v. Commonwealth (No. 224 M.D. 2021) consolidated with Bonner v. Degraffenreid (No. 293 M.D. 2021). Wally Zimolong, Petitioner’s Counsel, stated: We are very pleased…
U.S. Election Assistance Commission Celebrates 2nd Annual Poll Worker Recruitment Day
January 25 is the second annual National Poll Worker Recruitment Day hosted by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC): Established in 2020, the event aims to address the potential shortage of poll workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, inspire greater civic engagement, and help ensure safe and accurate elections in…
LDF Puts Forth Modest Proposals for Bipartisan Election Reform
Members of Congress are actively focused on so-called “voting rights” reform, which has largely taken the form of broad, partisan bill packages that would supplant the states’ primary role in running elections and simultaneously subvert election integrity. If passed, efforts such as H.R. 1 and H.R. 4 would do little to protect voting rights…
LDF Files Amicus Brief with Ranking Member Rodney Davis in the US Supreme Court
On January 18th, 2022, Lawyers Democracy Fund joined with Ranking Member Rodney Davis of the Committee on House Administration to file an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. This case presents important questions concerning a state’s ability…
LDF Letter to Virginia Governor Urges Election Integrity
Last week, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam requesting that the Governor issue a state of emergency in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to suspend the witness signature requirement for voters casting their ballots by mail. Lawyers Democracy Fund wrote…