Press Releases
about Voting Rights
Aug 30, 2024
Voting Rights Groups Respond to Pennsylvania Court Decision on Handwritten Date Requirements for Mail Ballots
Court rules that disqualifying mail ballots for a missing or incorrect handwritten date violates the fundamental right to vote
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Black Political Empowerment Project v. Schmidt
Aug 21, 2024
Court Accepts Request to Review Appeal of Crystal Mason Acquittal
FORT WORTH, Texas - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has decided to reexamine the voting case of Fort Worth grandmother Crystal Mason that it had previously sent back to the Tex...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Crystal Mason v. State of Texas
Aug 20, 2024
Voting Rights Groups File Amicus Brief to Protect Arizona’s Eligible Voters from Documentary Proof of Citizenship Law
The League of Women Voters of the United States, League of Women Voters of Arizona, Secure Families Initiative, and Modern Military Association of America filed an amicus brief thi...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes (Amicus)
Aug 16, 2024
ACLU Releases Roadmap to Protect and Expand Voting Rights Under a Harris Administration
The roadmap continues the ACLU’s 2024 election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Harris administration.
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jul 29, 2024
ACLU and LWV File Lawsuit Against Partisan Gerrymandering of South Carolina’s Congressional Districts
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and Duffy & Young LLC filed a lawsuit today challenging partisan gerrymandering of South Carolina...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jul 29, 2024
Thousands of Nebraskans’ Voting Rights at Stake in New Lawsuit
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraskans who are at risk of being denied a vote this year are suing Nebraska’s top elections official and the Douglas and Hall County Election Commissioners i...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Spung v. Evnen
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