Press Releases
Nov 04, 2019
ACLU of Georgia Calls on Secretary of State to Stop Removing Citizens from the Voter Rolls
ATLANTA – The ACLU of Georgia has found discrepancies in the Secretary of State’s office list of 330,000 Georgia citizens whose voter registrations it intends to cancel. The li...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Sep 25, 2019
ACLU of Georgia, Lawyers’ Committee Demand DeKalb County Election Board Adopt Policies to Protect Against Wrongfully Removing Legally Registered Voters from the Rolls
ATLANTA — The ACLU of Georgia and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, on behalf of the New Georgia Project and the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda, sent ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Aug 20, 2019
ACLU of Georgia, Lawyers’ Committee Warn DeKalb County Election Board Against Wrongfully Removing Legally Registered Voters from the Rolls
ATLANTA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, on behalf of the New Georgia Project and the Georgia Coalition for th...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Apr 26, 2019
Settlement Reached to End Texas Voter Purge and Protect Voting Rights
Agreement between civil rights groups and state elections officials ends lawsuit over voter roll purge that discriminated against naturalized citizens
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 30, 2018
Appeals Court Rules Challenge to Missouri’s Voter ID Law Implementation Can Proceed
ST. LOUIS — An appeals court ruled today that a challenge to the state of Missouri’s failure to provide adequate funds to educate the public and make appropriate preparations t...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Missouri NAACP v. Missouri
Oct 24, 2018
ACLU Comment on Georgia Voting Rights Ruling
ATLANTA — A judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking election officials in Georgia from throwing out absentee ballots or applications for a supposed signature mism...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Georgia Muslim Voter Project v. Kemp
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Whether Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) systems violate individuals’ expectations of privacy under the Fourth Amendment. -
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