Press Releases
Mar 18, 2021
ACLU of Arkansas Statement on Bill to Eliminate Early Voting on Monday Before Election Day, An Option Used By 51,000+ Voters in 2020
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The ACLU of Arkansas released numbers today showing that at least 51,479 Arkansans voted on the Monday before the 2020 election, an option that would be elimi...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Mar 17, 2021
ACLU Urges Senate to Vote in Favor of the Equality Act
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing today on the Equality Act. This marks the first time that a Senate committee has ever held a hearing on the Equal...
Mar 17, 2021
ACLU Comment on House Passage of the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON — The House voted today to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The bill authorizes programs and funding that support survivors of gender-based violence ...
Mar 17, 2021
ACLU Comment on Anti-Asian Killings in Atlanta
NEW YORK — Late Tuesday night, eight people were killed in a shooting rampage at three spas in the Atlanta area. Six of the victims were Asian women. This tragedy comes in the mi...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Mar 17, 2021
Statement on Hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will testify before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security today, laying out his vision for the DHS du...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 16, 2021
ACLU of Texas Launches Systemic Equality, A New Racial Justice Initiative
HOUSTON — The ACLU of Texas today launched its Systemic Equality agenda in Texas, a multi-year racial justice agenda that will serve as the organization’s advocacy roadmap to h...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
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New MexicoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Oliver. Explore Case.United States v. Oliver
The Department of Justice sued New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, demanding the state produce its full, unredacted voter file, which contains highly sensitive and personal data on every voter in the state. This suit appears to be part of the federal government's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Free Speech
How A Covid-era Law Banning ‘fake News’ In Puerto Rico Targets The Press. Explore News & Commentary.How a COVID-era Law Banning ‘Fake News’ in Puerto Rico Targets the Press
Two journalists are challenging a law that threatens press freedom in an attempt to ban misinformation. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
How To Give The Government New Power To “un-person” Someone, In Three Easy Steps. Explore News & Commentary.How to Give the Government New Power to “Un-Person” Someone, in Three Easy Steps
States That Adopt Digital Driver’s Licenses Need to Rethink How IDs are Revoked -
Washington, D.C.Dec 2025
Civil Liberties
Voting Rights
United States V. Evans. Explore Case.United States v. Evans
Representing Common Cause and two D.C. voters, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and has filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that D.C. turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers.