Press Releases
about Voting Rights
Apr 24, 2023
Voting Rights Groups File Emergency Motion to Lift Georgia’s Line Relief Ban in 2024 Elections
Groups Challenge Portion of Anti-Voter Law that Blocks Georgians from Providing Food and Water to Voters Waiting in Long Lines at Polls
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Feb 15, 2023
ACLU Responds to Minnesota Supreme Court Ruling Against Restoring Voting Rights to Minnesotans
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today that our Constitution doesn’t automatically provide Minnesotans on felony probation with the right to vote upon rel...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Schroeder v. Minnesota Secretary of State
Dec 20, 2022
Civil Rights Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Over Mississippi’s Racially Gerrymandered Maps
JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights advocates today challenged Mississippi’s 2022 state legislative district maps for unlawfully diluting the voting strength of Black Mississippians....
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Nov 09, 2022
ACLU Statement on the 2022 Midterm Election Results
NEW YORK — Below is a statement from Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, on the results so far of the 2022 midterm elections.
“Last ni...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Sep 21, 2022
Montana Supreme Court Affirms Preliminary Injunction Against Law That Restricts Native American Voting Rights
CONTACT:
Gujari Singh, ACLU of Montana, 631-404-9977, singhg@aclumontana.orgAmy M. Echo-Hawk, Native American Rights Fund, 720-657-1693, media@narf.org
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Mont...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Western Native Voice v. Jacobsen
Sep 21, 2022
ACLU Comment on House Vote of the Electoral Count Act
CONTACT: media@aclu.org
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted 229-203 to pass legislation to reform and modernize the Electoral Count Act, a federal law outlining the ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
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