Press Releases
Feb 12, 2021
ACLU of North Dakota Opposes Additional Barriers to Voting
Legislators should want to make voting easier for their constituents, not harder.
But that’s exactly what some North Dakota lawmakers are doing with House Bill 1289.
The ACLU of ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
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
Sep 02, 2020
ACLU of Georgia Releases the Palast Investigative Fund Report: The State Likely Removed Nearly 200,000 Citizens from the Voter Rolls Who Never Moved
ATLANTA – Today, the ACLU of Georgia released a report by the Palast Investigative Fund titled Georgia Voter Roll Purge Errors that concluded the State had likely removed in 201...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jul 23, 2020
Groups Challenge Rhode Island Vote-By-Mail Requirements That Put Voters at Risk During COVID-19 Pandemic
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The American Civil Liberties Union, Campaign Legal Center, and law firm Fried Frank filed a federal lawsuit today challenging Rhode Island’s witness/notary r...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Common Cause Rhode Island v. Gorbea
May 20, 2020
Election Protection Hotline Live For Early Voting
Nevadans Can Report Voting Problems by Calling 866-OUR-VOTE
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
May 11, 2020
Voting Rights Advocates Intervene to Stop Illegitimate Purge of Eligible Pennsylvania Voters
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Purging lawful voters from Pennsylvania’s voter rolls is illegal and undemocratic, voting rights groups said today while filing a motion to intervene to protec...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Judicial Watch v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
About the ACLU
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Local inquiries should be directed to the appropriate ACLU state affiliate.
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The coalition has issued a travel advisory for fans, players, journalists, and other visitors attending the 2026 World Cup in areas impacted by the Trump administration’s militarized immigration crackdown. -
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‘my Child Is Now A Political Debate’: Immigrant Families Respond As Arguments Wrap In Landmark Challenge Against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threats. Explore News & Commentary.‘My Child is Now a Political Debate’: Immigrant Families Respond as Arguments Wrap in Landmark Challenge against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threats
Families share how Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order upended their hopes, and forced them to consider early births or leaving the U.S.
