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HB 586 proposes a database matching scheme to compare statewide voter rolls with county, state and federal database records in an effort to identify and purge non-citizens from the voter rolls.

By Anthony Warren | WLBT | January 26, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. - The ACLU of Mississippi says that Senate Bill 2588 is a voter-suppression tool, and would “force election commissioners to remove voters from the voter rolls for simply not voting.”

By Desare Frazier |MPB| January 25, 2021 Joshua Tom with the American Civil Liberties Union says it’s a person’s First Amendment right to ask for money in public.

By John Riley |Metro Weekly| January 22, 2021

By Geoff Pender |MS TODAY| January 22, 2021 The Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police announced it will begin posting report cards for state lawmakers on how supportive they are of law enforcement issues backed by the group that represents 330 departments statewide.

It should go without saying that the ACLU of Mississippi opposes anti-transgender legislation. The introduced SB 2171, named “Transgender 21 Act” is no exception.

By Sharie Nicole |WLBT| January 19, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. - President-elect Joe Biden’s newest transgender health secretary pick sent shockwaves across ACLU chapters, who have not always felt the government’s support of trans rights.

Mississippi is experiencing an incarceration crisis, driven in large part by its use of long and life sentences. First-time drug possession can land you in prison for 20 years. Stealing tools from a garage can result in 25 years behind bars. On top of these already extreme sentences, people can have extra years, decades, or even life imprisonment added to their sentences if they have ever been convicted of crimes in the past. Today, far too many people are serving far too long in prison because of Mississippi’s habitual laws

ACLU President Susan Herman joins At Liberty to discuss the organization's historic, unanimous vote on impeachment.