Voting Rights

Blog

Red-Baiting – An Old Trend Resurfaces #ACLUTimeMachine

July 21, 2017

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During the last four weeks of the 2016 election cycle, I was placed at a county Republican headquarters as part of a fellowship. While there, I witnessed firsthand how then candidate Donald Trump’s open contempt for the free press was mirrored and... Read more »

Case

League of Women Voters, et al. v. California DMV (Voting Rights)

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Voting Rights

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed suit against the DMV on behalf of several voting rights groups, demanding that voter registration opportunities meet legal requirements. Read more

News

ACLU Challenges California Ban on Ballot Selfies

November 1, 2016

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Free Speech, Technology and Civil Liberties, Voting Rights

The ACLU of California filed suit Monday against Secretary of State Alex Padilla challenging two statutes that prohibit voters from sharing ballot selfies. Read more

Case

ACLU Foundations of California v. Alex Padilla (Ballot Selfies)

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Free Speech, Technology and Civil Liberties, Voting Rights

The ACLU Foundations of California filed suit against Secretary of State Alex Padilla challenging two statutes that prohibit voters from sharing ballot selfies. The suit asks for a temporary restraining order to prohibit the state from enforcing the... Read more

Events

Stockton: The Power of Measure N

September 30, 2016 - 12:30pm

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Racial Justice, Voting Rights

Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta will speak at an event with El Concilio and the ACLU of Northern California about Stockton’s “Measure N” on the November ballot. Read more

Legislation

Voting Rights Clarification (AB 2466)

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice, Voting Rights

AB 2466 clarifies existing California law on voter eligibility and guarantees a more inclusive and participatory electorate.Read more »

News

California Shouts to Country: No to Discrimination in Voting

September 28, 2016

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice, Voting Rights

Today Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 2466 (Weber, D-San Diego), rolling back a discriminatory voting restriction in California that is a carryover from the Jim Crow era, when states made it harder for black citizens and other minorities to... Read more

Blog

Government of the People, By the People, and for the People

September 28, 2016

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Free Speech, Voting Rights

In the 2010 Citizens United decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that independent political expenditures by corporations and unions are protected speech. Citizens United became a flashpoint because Americans are increasingly concerned about the... Read more »

News

California Legislature Says No to Discrimination in Voting

August 16, 2016

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice, Voting Rights

The State Senate just voted to pass AB 2466, a bill that would expand voting rights in California to people caught up in the criminal justice system. The law, if signed by the governor, will clarify who can and cannot vote with a criminal conviction... Read more

News

Hmong community members voting in Siskiyou County

ACLU of California Voting Rights Project Monitoring Possible Voter Intimidation

June 7, 2016

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Racial Justice, Voting Rights

The ACLU of California is monitoring possible voter intimidation in Siskiyou County. The sheriff and other county officials have possibly been engaged in a targeted voter intimidation campaign resulting in widespread fear of voting and unlawful and... Read more