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Poisonous Anti-Voter Legislation Will Spur Lawsuits and Trigger Federal Intervention, ACLU Says (04/17/2009)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Responding to railroading of an elections bill by a Florida legislative House Council and Senate Committee, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida vowed lawsuits and efforts to involve the U.S. Department of Justice to protect Floridians from legislative efforts to hack away at citizens' voting rights.

ACLU And Advancement Project Challenge Unlawful Disenfranchisement Of Michigan Resident (01/29/2009)
DETROIT – Today, Advancement Project, the American Civil Liberties Union and Pepper Hamilton LLP filed a motion on behalf of Lisa A. Blehm – a Michigan resident who was improperly disenfranchised in the November election – that would allow her to join a previously filed voting rights lawsuit challenging the state's unlawful voter purge programs. The motion was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, Michigan Bureau of Elections Director Christopher M. Thomas and Standish City Clerk Rebecca Lakin.

ACLU Considering Offering Legal Representation to Gloucester Residents who Attempted to Remove Local Elected Officials from Office (12/16/2008)
Gloucester, VA - The ACLU of Virginia has informed representatives of a group of 41 Gloucester citizens that it will consider providing legal representation to them if a Circuit Court judge requires them to pay more than $100,000 in legal fees for filing a petition to remove from office four members of the county's Board of Supervisors.

Appeals Court Orders Michigan To Restore 5,500 Voters To Rolls (10/30/2008)
CINCINNATI – A federal appeals court late Wednesday cleared the way for 5,500 illegally purged voters to be returned to the rolls in time for Election Day. The U.S. Appeals Court for the Sixth Circuit rejected Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land's request not to enforce an earlier court ruling that declared the state's voter removal programs illegal. The appeals court decision is the latest victory in a lawsuit filed in September by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Michigan, Advancement Project and the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP.

MCLU Working Hard to Protect Mainers' Right to Vote (10/30/2008)
PORTLAND – The Maine Civil Liberties Union Foundation today announced it would have legal help available for Maine residents who may face challenges at the polls on Election Day, Nov. 4.

The Case for Extending and Amending the Voting Rights Act - Table of Contents (03/07/2006)
Table of Contents of the ACLU report outlining the continued need for the Voting Rights Act. Documents ACLU cases brought in 31 states to protect the right to vote and challenge discrimination in voting.

ACLU Calls on Congress to Renew and Restore Voting Rights Act, Says Move Would be Fitting Tribute to Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (01/13/2006)
WASHINGTON -- "Few Americans have done more to transform the civil rights in this country than the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.; he remains one of the greatest leaders of the American civil rights movement. His leadership and campaign of non-violence in the struggle for equality led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Voting While Incarcerated: A Tool Kit for Advocates Seeking to Register, and Facilitate Voting by, Eligible People in Jail (10/04/2005)
This toolkit profiles efforts to register and make voting possible by eligible people in California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., jails. It lists the various models that may be used to register such people and to make it possible for them to vote from these facilities. There is also a list of issues to address with local jail and elections officials as well as specific strategies for success. Attached are sample materials to encourage and explain voting from jail, and resources including the law and voter registration contacts and deadlines for each state.

Voting Rights Act Brochure (03/04/2005)

Voting Rights in the South, 1982 (12/29/2004)
Published in January 1982, this 132-page special report documents the ACLU's efforts to enforce the 1965 Federal Voting Rights Act and assesses the continued discrimination against minority voters throughout the South.

United States Student Association Foundation et al. v. Land et al. - Motion of Lisa A. Blehm to Intervene (01/29/2009)

United States Student Association Foundation et al. v. Land et al. - Complaint and Jury Demand of Intervening Plaintiff Lisa A. Blehm (01/29/2009)

United States Student Association Foundation et al. v. Land et al. - Declaration of Lisa A. Blehm (01/29/2009)

United States Student Association Foundation v. Land - Opinion of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (10/29/2008)

ACLU Letter to Attorney General Mukasey (10/28/2008)
In a letter to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, the American Civil Liberties Union urges the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reject a White House request to challenge 200,000 registered voters in Ohio.

ACLU Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Supporting Full Funding of the Census Bureau in FY 2010 (06/17/2009)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, a non-partisan organization with hundreds of thousands of activists and members and 53 affiliates nationwide, we write to urge you to support full funding of the United States Census Bureau in the FY2010 budget, as requested by President Obama, and to reject any amendments that would reduce census funding.

ACLU Letter to the House Administration Committee supporting HR 1604, The Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 (06/09/2009)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), over half a million members and activists, and fifty-three affiliates nationwide, we urge you to support H.R. 1604, the “Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009.” H.R. 1604 would ensure that all Americans have an equal opportunity to vote by mail in federal elections for any reason. This bill would give all voters the choice of voting by mail by eliminating the unnecessary, burdensome, and often intrusive requirements that some states impose on voters requesting absentee ballots.

ACLU Letter on 2008 Voter Registration Problems for House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing (03/24/2009)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), its over half a million members, fifty-three affiliates nationwide, and countless additional supporters and activists, we commend the Subcommittee on Elections for holding a hearing to explore the lessons learned from the 2008 election. We thank the Subcommittee for allowing us to submit this letter for the record documenting some of the problems citizens encountered during the 2008 election cycle.

ACLU Letter to the Senate Rules Committee on Voter Registration Problems in the 2008 Election (03/18/2009)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), its over half a million members, fifty-three affiliates nationwide, and countless additional supporters and activists, we commend the Committee for holding a hearing to explore the problems in our current voter registration system. We thank the Committee for allowing us to submit this letter for the hearing record documenting registration problems citizens encountered during the 2008 election cycle.

ACLU Letter to the House Judiciary Subcomm. on the Constitution on Voter Registration Problems in the 2008 Election (03/18/2009)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), its over half a million members, fifty-three affiliates nationwide, and countless additional supporters and activists, we commend the Committee for holding a hearing to explore the lessons learned from the 2008 election. We thank the Committee for allowing us to submit this letter for the record documenting problems citizens encountered during the 2008 election cycle.

Voting Rights Project - 2008 Election Monitoring (11/20/2008)
For the 2008 Presidential Election year, the ACLU Voting Rights Project expanded its outreach program of assisting voters with election-related problems and questions.

ACLU Letter to Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney's Office (10/21/2008)
The American Civil Liberties Union and other voting rights groups sent this letter to Hamilton County Special Prosecutor Michael O’Neill urging him to suspend investigations of voters where there is no specific, credible evidence of fraud.

ACLU Voting Rights Project Litigation (09/29/2008)
An overview of the ACLU Voting Rights Project's recent litigation designed to protect the rights of voters in this election cycle and beyond.

The Case for Extending and Amending the Voting Rights Act - Introduction and Summary (03/06/2006)
Voting Rights Litigation 1982-2006: A Report of the Voting Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union

Voting Rights Act Timeline (03/04/2005)

Project Vote, et al. v. Madison County Board of Elections, et al. (09/24/2008)
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Ohio filed a federal lawsuit challenging an Ohio county that is denying absentee ballots to newly registered voters in violation of directives sent by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, 1Matters, Project Vote and two individual voters.

United States Student Association Foundation et al. v. Land et al. (09/17/2008)
Advancement Project, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Michigan and the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging two statewide voter purge programs that could potentially disfranchise hundreds of thousands of Michigan voters in advance of the November 2008 presidential election. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Detroit against Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, Michigan Bureau of Elections Director Christopher M. Thomas, and Ypsilanti Clerk Frances McMullen.