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Legislative Update

12/16/2011 | Voting Rights

Senate Bill Would Reinstate the Right to Vote For Millions of Citizens, ACLU Says

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced a measure that would restore voting rights in federal elections for millions of American citizens who are no longer incarcerated but still denied their right to vote because of a criminal conviction. More

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Tell Congress: Fix SOPA!

Congress has introduced the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which could potentially result in the takedown of large amounts of non-infringing content from the internet, violating our First Amendment rights. Tell Congress: Fix SOPA!

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