Amendment 4 is Back in Court as Florida Fights Our Victory Over its Modern-Day Poll Tax

If the appeals court affirms the lower court’s judgment, it may enable hundreds of thousands of returning citizens to register to vote in time for the November election.

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ACLU Seeks Information on Government’s Aerial Surveillance of Protesters

The government is using a deeply invasive, coordinated aerial surveillance campaign to monitor Black Lives Matter protests, gather information, and surveil people exercising their First Amendment rights.

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Let Me Vote: My Voting Rights as a Blind Man are the Same as Everybody Else’s

There's still work to be done to make sure the right to vote applies to everyone, including people with disabilities.

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Voting by Mail is Essential for Voters with Disabilities, but it’s Not Enough

A do’s and don'ts guide to increase accessibility for voters with disabilities.

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Policing the Press: A Journalist on the Frontlines

Freelance reporter Jared Goyette, a plaintiff in an ACLU lawsuit seeking justice for journalists who endured police violence whiel covering protests, shares his story with At Liberty.

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Three Missouri Voters Explain Why Everyone Should be Able to Vote by Mail in 2020

Cecil, Javier, and fellow Missouri voter Kamisha Webb shared their stories with the ACLU to show why voting by mail should be accessible — and safe — for all.

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Police are Attacking Journalists at Protests. We’re Suing.

Black people who have been killed by police in recent years, journalists have joined them to bear witness. While covering these protests in cities throughout the country, journalists have become conspicuous targets for arrest, intimidation, and assault by police officers...

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We’re Suing to Protect Press Freedom During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Today, we filed a First Amendment lawsuit challenging two recently-enacted Puerto Rico laws that make it a crime to share information the government deems to be false about emergency conditions on the island.

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What the Caucuses Taught me About Inequities in our Electoral System

Additionally, the same groups that are underrepresented by population, in comparison to their white counterparts, are those that are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. We must not forget that the racial and social inequities that pervade our nation have a direct impact on the electoral

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