Press Releases
Oct 08, 2020
Disability Rights Groups File Court Brief in Support of Challenge to Governor Abbott’s Order to Limit Ballot Drop-Off Locations
HOUSTON – Leading disability rights groups—ADAPT Texas, REV UP Texas, and Disability Rights Texas—filed a friend of the court brief in support of the current lawsuit to block...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 06, 2020
ACLU of Montana Launches Voter Mobilization Effort for 2020 Gubernatorial Election
MISSOULA, Mont. – The ACLU of Montana today launched its first-ever statewide voter mobilization effort about the urgent civil liberties and civil rights issues -- including acce...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Sep 14, 2020
ACLU Launches Campaign to Encourage Voting and Educate on Vote By Mail
WASHINGTON — With 50 days until Election Day, the American Civil Liberties Union today launched “Let People Vote,” a campaign encouraging voters to make a plan to vote and em...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Sep 01, 2020
ACLU Campaign Informs Previously Incarcerated Hoosiers of Voting Rights
INDIANAPOLIS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, today launched the Yes! You Can Vote! campaign, promoting the voting rights of all Hoosiers, focusing on individuals...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Sep 01, 2020
ACLU of Maine and Maine Conservation Voters File Court Brief to Remove Barriers to Absentee Voting
AUGUSTA, Maine – Today, the ACLU of Maine and the Maine Conservation Voters filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging barriers to absentee voting in Maine.
“Maine has an ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Aug 31, 2020
WV Voting Rights Advocates, Community Leaders Continue to Call on Governor, Secretary of State to Mail Absentee Voting Applications to All Registered Voters
Lack of Uniformity, Fairness and Issues with Online Portal Cited as Reasons
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
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News & CommentaryMar 2026
Promoting Access to the Ballot
Trump Is Attacking A Crucial Fair Housing Rule That Protects Against Discrimination. Explore News & Commentary.Trump is Attacking a Crucial Fair Housing Rule that Protects Against Discrimination
The disparate impact rule is a long-held housing protection for survivors of domestic violence, women of color and other marginalized groups. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced plans to end the policy. -
News & CommentaryMar 2026
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A Sunday At An Idaho Racetrack Ended In A Mass Immigration Raid. Hundreds Faced Cruel Detention Practices.. Explore News & Commentary.A Sunday at an Idaho Racetrack Ended in a Mass Immigration Raid. Hundreds Faced Cruel Detention Practices.
More than 200 federal, state, and local law enforcement launched an unlawful and discriminatory immigration raid in Wilder, Idaho. -
News & CommentaryMar 2026
Promoting Access to the Ballot
Trump’s Firing Of Noem Signals Need For New Vision On Immigration. Explore News & Commentary.Trump’s Firing of Noem Signals Need for New Vision on Immigration
With the Department of Homeland Security losing Kristi Noem as secretary and facing a funding crisis, lawmakers have a unique opportunity to advance a new path forward for immigration. -
KentuckyMar 2026
Promoting Access to the Ballot
United States V. Adams. Explore Case.United States v. Adams
The Trump administration's Department of Justice has taken Kentucky to court in an attempt to obtain sensitive, non-public information from the state's voter registration database — including Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, dates of birth, and home addresses. This lawsuit is one of nearly three dozen similar actions filed against states across the country, and reporting suggests the underlying goal is to construct an unauthorized federal voter database and use error-prone data-matching tools to target registered voters — including naturalized citizens — for potential removal from the rolls.