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Irwin County Abandons Flawed Polling Place Plans After ACLU Demand

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia today praised the Irwin County Board of Elections and Registration for abandoning two proposals to close polling locations in a way that would have made it significantly more difficult for Black and low-income voters to cast a ballot.

June 9, 2017

ACLU Files Brief Defending Citizens’ Free Access to State Laws

The ACLU of Georgia, The American Civil Liberties Union, the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the Southern Poverty Law Center have filed a friend-of-the-court brief challenging the State of Georgia’s attempt to charge fees for accessing the
May 25, 2017