Voting
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CONTACT: ACLU (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org |
ACLU Asks Court To Allow All Ohio Registered Voters Access To Absentee Ballots
Group Files Lawsuit To Protect Newly Registered Ohioans' Voting Rights
CLEVELAND - September 25 - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit late yesterday challenging an Ohio county that is denying absentee ballots to newly registered voters in violation of directives issued by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH), 1Matters, Project Vote and two individual voters.
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CONTACT: Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) |
Veterans But Not Voters
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CONTACT: ACLU |
ACLU Commends House Oversight Hearing on Department of Justice’s Plan for 2008 Election
WASHINGTON - September 24 - Today the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee and the Elections Subcommittee of the House Administration Committee are scheduled to hold a joint hearing, entitled "Federal, State and Local Efforts to Prepare for the 2008 Election." As part of this hearing, Grace Chung Becker, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, will testify. Recently, Attorney General Mukasey told voting rights advocates that there was no greater priority in the next two months for DOJ than to en
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CONTACT: Drug Policy Alliance |
GOP Intimidation Halts Historic Drive to Register Voters in Alabama
State Law Allows Certain People to Vote Even While Incarcerated
Alabama Department of Corrections Caves to Republican Pressure, Tells Advocates: You Can No Longer Register Voters Inside Alabama Prisons
- September 19 - Alabama-based The Ordinary People's Society and their national partner the Drug Policy Alliance began a historic voter registration drive this week in prisons across Alabama. The drive was prepared with the full support of the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC). However, after Alabama newspapers reported on the registration drive, the state GOP voiced their opposition to the effort and pressured the DOC to end it. Yesterday, the DOC reversed their position and has barred advocates from registering eligible voters in Alabama correctional facilities.
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CONTACT: ACLU |
Advancement Project And ACLU Sue Michigan Secretary of State Over Unlawful Voter Purging
DETROIT - September 18 - Advancement
Project, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Michigan and
the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP filed a federal lawsuit late
yesterday challenging two statewide voter purge programs that could
potentially disfranchise hundreds of thousands of Michigan voters in
advance of the November 2008 presidential election. The lawsuit was
filed in the U.S. District Court in Detroit against Michigan Secretary
of State Terri Lynn Land, Michigan Bureau of Elections Director
Christopher M. Thomas, and Ypsilanti Clerk Frances McMullen.
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CONTACT: Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Tim Carpenter, Executive Director, PDA: |
Progressive Democrats of America to Activate Peace Voters on September 20
NATIONWIDE - September 18 - Activists from Progressive Democrats of America will help lead a nationwide anti-war coalition outreach effort called Million Doors for Peace Saturday, September 20. PDA members will engage in dialogue with their neighbors to discuss the disastrous Iraq War policies and identify opponents of the war for future political organizing.
