The League of Women Voters of Louisiana is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy.

LWV Litigation Advocacy: LWV Files Amicus Brief in Support of Fair Maps in Louisiana v. Callais

On September 3, 2025, the League of Women Voters and partner organizations filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais in support of fair representation for Black voters in Louisiana. After assigning the case to be argued in its spring term, the Court ordered the parties to consider a new question: whether creating a majority-Black district under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) violated the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The League previously filed an amicus brief in this case last term, arguing that states should be encouraged to draw districts that comply with Section 2 of the VRA as Louisiana did in this case.

LWV of Louisiana President M. Christian Green issued the following statement upon the filing of the amicus brief: “The League of Voters of Louisiana has been working with partners to pursue fair congressional maps in our state for the last four years. For the first time in decades, communities with shared interests were able to elect a candidate of their choice in 2024 and to enjoy real representation in Congress. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, like racial discrimination and disempowerment in Louisiana, is not an antiquated relic of the past — it has real effects that persist today on which voters deserve to have a voice. Section 2 is intended to secure effective representation to address real community needs — transportation, education, recreation, economic development — that are ongoing and have persisted to the present day. Effective representation in Congress that is responsive to community needs, interests, and aspirations can secure federal resources to address these problems for everyone’s benefit. Redistricting must be about fairness, justice, and effective representation of all communities!”

Click HERE to read the amicus brief.

Click HERE to read the League press release.




LWVLA Legislative Advocacy: Pro-Voting Rights Legislation at the Louisiana Legislature

Bad voter suppression bills may grab the headlines, but there are also some good bills on voting at elections at the legislature this session. LWV of Louisiana, with voting rights organizations around the state, is proud to support the following bills: HB332, HB405, HB424.

HB332 (Rep. Ed Larvadain) would reduce Louisiana’s outsized no electioneering boundaries near polling places to allow space for nonpartisan groups providing voter assistance and election monitoring. HB 405 (Rep. Matthew Willard) would require the secretary of state to prepare and publish certain information concerning changes in election law, including in an easy-to-understand digest form. HB424 (Rep. Sylvia Taylor) would provide for more early voting locations.

League in Focus: State Convention 2025

The 2025 LWVLA State Convention was held March 22-23, 2025, at the Hartley/Vey Studio Theatre in the Manship Theatre complex. Representatives of our six Local Leagues in Caddo-Bossier, Iberia, Lafayette, New Orleans, St. Tammany, and Tangipahoa to discuss the theme of “Serving Democracy: The Value of Nonpartisan Civil Service” with an absolutely sterling roster of speakers.



LWVLA on March 29 Constitutional Amendments & Millages

While the League did not do formal studies on the March 29 constitutional amendments and generally does not make recommendations on ballot issues absent specific study, we did make voters aware of statements we have made that were relevant to some of the proposed amendments. Specifically, our statement on the legisture’s second extraodinary session on crime in February 2024 was relevant to Amendment 3 and its treatment of juvenile offenders. Likewise, our statement on the third extraordinary session on taxation in November 2024 was relevant to
Amendment 2 revising the tax provisions of the Louisiana Constitution. Voters in Iberia and St. Tammany parishes, where failure to renew library millages threatened closure of library systems, were reminded of the Louisiana League’s Resolution on Public Libraries, introduced and passed at the LWVUS 2024 National Convention.



LWV of Louisiana Opposes Unnecessary Burdens on Voters

“In addition to targeting and discriminating against specific groups, these requirements have a chilling effect on voting more broadly across our Louisiana electorate,” said M. Christian Green, President of the League of Women Voters of Louisiana. For decades, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana has opposed harsh and unnecessary photo ID and documentary proof of citizenship requirements because Louisiana does not have a non-citizen voting problem. The League is proud to stand up to protect voters from discrimination and harassment.

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