Press Releases
Oct 21, 2020
Dallas Officials Urged to Pass ‘Cite and Release’ Ordinance
DALLAS – Leading civil rights groups and Dallas community organizations today sent a letter to Mayor Eric Johnson and the Dallas City Council demanding an end to unnecessary arre...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Oct 21, 2020
ACLU Lawsuit Seeks Information on Federal Government’s Failed Response to COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of the District of Columbia, Williams & Connolly LLP, and attorney David Sobel filed suit today against the Federal Bu...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Prisoners' Rights
Oct 19, 2020
ACLU of Georgia Urges Counties to Begin Processing Absentee Ballots
Letters sent to Chatham, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 19, 2020
ACLU of Georgia Recruiting for Fulton County Deputy Registrars
ATLANTA – The ACLU of Georgia is recruiting lawyers to volunteer as Fulton County Deputy Registrars on November 3, 2020, the final day voters can cast their ballots in the Gener...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 19, 2020
ACLU of Maine Launches 2020 Voter Protection Hotline
PORTLAND, Maine — Voters are encouraged to call or text the ACLU of Maine’s Voter Protection Hotline if they have questions about voting or if they experience trouble at any po...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 19, 2020
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Hearing Arguments in Border Wall Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today stated it will hear arguments in a challenge to the Trump administration’s diversion of $2.5 billion from military pay and pension funds fo...
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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.