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With less than a week to go, the only thing we can be sure of is that this Election Day will most likely look, feel, and be different than previous years. We are, after all, living through a pandemic, economic crisis, fight for racial justice, and an election season.

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.

Unbeknownst to the public, this company has offered up this massive faceprint database to private companies, police, federal agencies, and wealthy individuals, allowing them to secretly track and target whomever they wished using face recognition technology.

To protect our democracy, it’s imperative that we expand early voting, allow every eligible voter to vote by mail, and reduce the logistical, financial, and health barriers that inhibit voting by mail.

west x juhl is a journalist, organizer, and advocate based in Las Vegas. Prior to joining the ACLU of Nevada as communications manager in August 2017, west studied journalism and writing at UNLV and developed their passion and expertise for liberty and justice issues while covering crime, police and public safety at the Las Vegas Review-Journal — work for which they earned three Nevada Press Association awards. west x juhl is an expert trainer and speaker on news media practices and interview skills, advocacy and political communications, community organizing, transgender equality topics, and more.