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Lack of Full Statehood Rights Continues to Cause Harm to D.C. Residents
Our country must grant full and equal rights to the 712,000 residents of D.C.
One Key Reform Can Fight Voter Suppression
We need a renewed commitment to democracy itself, and to the basic principle that every individual should count equally in our political processes.
If the Biden Administration Is Serious About Protecting Voting Rights, Here’s What It Should Do Immediately
Biden has a real opportunity to restore faith in our democracy and move us closer to an electoral system representative of all Americans.
We Can Create a Florida That Is More Just, More Equal, and More Free
We can create a Florida that is more just, more equal, and more free. To see the path toward justice, democracy, and equality in Florida, we must make our own way. We Make The Way — and we can do it together.
By Micah W. Kubic
Trump’s Last-Ditch Census Move Could Shape the Electoral Map for the Next Decade
Dale Ho, Director, Voting Rights Project, ACLU
Trump’s day
At the Polls, Episode 7: Why Do We Take Voting Rights Away in America?
Across the country, over 5 million people who are of voting age cannot vote because of felony disenfranchisement laws, including one in five Black Americans. These laws are a relic of the Jim Crow era, and were intentionally designed to suppress the vote — particularly the Black vote — by limiting the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Racial Justice Demands That Every Vote Is Counted
New ACLU analysis finds discounting mail-in ballots would disenfranchise communities of color and distort election outcomes in key counties.
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