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Saying, "Every Vote Must Be Given Equal Weight," Coalition Files Major Voting Rights Suit in Florida (01/10/2001)
WASHINGTON--The American Civil Liberties Union is proud to join with our colleagues in the civil rights community in bringing this extraordinarily important voting rights lawsuit.

ACLU, National Civil Rights Groups File Florida Voting Rights Lawsuit to Eliminate Unfair Voting Practices (01/10/2001)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union, along with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, The Advancement Project, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and People for the American Way Foundation today filed a historic lawsuit in Florida to eliminate discriminatory and unequal voting policies and practices from Florida's electoral system. 

ACLU Seeks to Remedy Georgia's 'Fatally Flawed' Voting System (01/05/2001)
ATLANTA -- The American Civil Liberties Union and three Atlanta attorneys today filed the first post-election challenge to a state's electoral process, saying that voters in some Georgia counties were ten times more likely than others to lose their right to vote because of a "fatally flawed" system that disproportionately affects people of color.

Idaho Supreme Court Says Election Ballots Must Be Free of Political Messages (12/06/2000)
BOISE, ID -- The Idaho Supreme Court today struck down a 1998 initiative that forced the state to label candidates who choose to take a term-limits pledge. The Court ruled the ballot labeling scheme was an unconstitutional violation of Idahoans' right to vote.

Citing Voters' Right to be Heard, ACLU Urges Court To Remedy Voting Irregularities in Palm Beach County (11/14/2000)
The American Civil Liberties Union has routinely represented voters and candidates in election contests in order to protect the right to vote and the right to participate in an election process that is fair. And it has done so without regard for partisan interests and concerns that might have been involved in the elections.