Press Releases
Jul 24, 2017
ACLU Statement on Voter Registration Ruling
BOSTON – Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, today released the following statement in response to the Suffolk Superior Court’s ruling in Chelsea Colla...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Chelsea Collaborative v. Galvin
Jun 22, 2017
ACLU Statement on Reintroduction of Voting Rights Advancement Act
WASHINGTON — Congress reintroduced the Voting Rights Advancement Act today. The legislation is meant to strengthen voting rights by responding to the unique, modern-day challenge...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jun 08, 2017
Groups Challenge Missouri Voter ID Law Over Lack of Funding
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The American Civil Liberties Union and the Advancement Project sued Missouri today over its new voter ID law, charging the state failed to provide mandated ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Missouri NAACP v. Missouri
May 18, 2017
ACLU Launches Multi-State Legal Action on Voting Rights
Seeks Information Related to New Trump Election Commission
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
May 11, 2017
ACLU to Trump: Signing Order Will Not Make Voter Fraud Fantasy a Reality
NEW YORK — President Trump is expected to sign an executive order later today establishing a “Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.” The commission vice chair will r...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
May 10, 2017
ACLU Challenges New Hampshire Voter Signature-Matching Law
Hundreds of Voters Are Having Their Ballots Unknowingly Rejected Over Handwriting
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Saucedo v. Gardner
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News & CommentaryApr 2026
Fighting Voter Suppression
New Orleans Police Continuing To Use Live Face Recognition Despite City Law. Explore News & Commentary.New Orleans Police Continuing to Use Live Face Recognition Despite City Law
City’s police cross a line, breach norms, and threaten to normalize a nightmarish level of surveillance in American life. -
News & CommentaryApr 2026
Fighting Voter Suppression
Human Rights
Deaths In Detention: Ice Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps Into Warehouses Despite Record Deaths. Explore News & Commentary.Deaths in Detention: ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps into Warehouses Despite Record Deaths
Despite abhorrent conditions and increasing deaths in ICE detention, the Trump administration’s new warehouse detention system would increase capacity to 96,000 people and undoubtedly lead to continued abuse. -
LouisianaApr 2026
Fighting Voter Suppression
State Of Louisiana V. U.s. Election Assistance Commission. Explore Case.State of Louisiana v. U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Voting rights groups should be allowed to intervene as defendants in Louisiana's suit against the U.S. Election Assistance Commission through which the state seeks to require additional proof of citizenship, argued the League of Women Voters of Louisiana and others in a motion to intervene in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. -
News & CommentaryApr 2026
Fighting Voter Suppression
Aclu Joins Coalition Calling For Fifa To Uphold Human Rights Ahead 2026 World Cup. Explore News & Commentary.ACLU Joins Coalition Calling For FIFA to Uphold Human Rights Ahead 2026 World Cup
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.