The ACLU's Voting Rights Project has worked to protect the
gains in political participation won by racial and language minorities since the 1965
passage of the Voting Rights Act.
ACLU Testifies to Enfranchise Rhode Island's Parolees and Probationers (08/23/2005) Laleh Ispahani of the National ACLU gave the following testimony before committees of the Rhode Island House and Senate in support of legislation that would enfranchise the state's felony parolees and probationers.