News & Commentary
Jan 14, 2016
Will the 2016 Presidential Election be Decided by Voter Suppression Laws?
In 2016, 10 states will be putting into place restrictive voting laws that they will be enforcing for the first time in a presidential election. These laws range from new hurdles to registration to cutbacks on early voting to strict voter identification requirements. Collectively, these ten states are home to over 80 million people and will wield 129 of the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the presidency. The ACLU has been fighting to ensure that all Americans have access to the polls. We have been on the ground in half of these 10 states: In Wisconsin, we are challenging the state’s strict voter ID law on behalf of homeless veterans and others who lack ID. Wisconsin’s voter ID law does not accept U.S. Veterans Administration ID cards, a slap in the faces of the brave men and women who have served our country. We are headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit this spring, demanding that veterans not be disenfranchise
Nov 04, 2015
Our Work Just Became More Important
A Letter from ACLU of Mississippi Executive Director Jennifer Riley-Collins:
Oct 21, 2015
Debtors' Prison: This System Tramples on Poor People
Today the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of poor people who were jailed by Biloxi, Mississippi, because of their failure to pay traffic tickets. The lawsuit is the latest action in the pushback against the national problem of modern day debtors' prisons, where people are required to go to jail when they can’t afford to pay the tickets or fines. Two of our clients explain how being sent to prison for small fines and fees can dramatically alter people’s lives for the worse without any public benefit. Read their accounts below.
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