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Chatham County Threatens To Purge Voters From Rolls

Chatham County is no longer challenging the voter registration status of more than 300 voters in Thunderbolt and Tybee after warnings by the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia that such a move would violate voting rights laws, including the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

August 18, 2017

ACLU Appeals Case of Georgia Woman Fired for Getting Her Period at Work

In a brief filed in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia and co-counsel Buckley Beal LLP argued that their client, Alisha Coleman, was subjected to unlawful workplace discrimination when she was fired for experiencing a heavy period, a sympto

August 17, 2017

ACLU of Georgia Sues Fulton County Over Illegal Purge Notices

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia sued the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections today on behalf of Stacey Hopkins, a registered voter and Atlanta resident who was sent an illegal purge notice from election authorities after she moved within the same county.
July 28, 2017