Press Releases

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Feb 29, 2024

ACLU Urges Congress to Prioritize Voting Protections Following Senate Reintroduction of JLVRAA

The ACLU and ACLU of Georgia commend the reintroduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA).
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Jan 23, 2024

ACLU of Georgia Policy Director to Speak at Fulton County Commissioners Meeting About Magistrate Judgeship

Policy & Advocacy Director Christopher Bruce will provide remarks at the Fulton County Board of Commissioners meeting regarding a cornerstone of the county's democratic system.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Dec 15, 2023

Georgia Court Blocks Racially Gerrymandered Cobb County School Board Map

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has blocked the Cobb County School Board from using its racially gerrymandered map in an upcoming election.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Nov 01, 2023

Press Advisory: ACLU of Georgia, ACLU, Plaintiffs to Discuss Impact of Court Order to Redraw State Legislative Maps

Following a federal court ruling that Georgia’s state legislative district maps must be redrawn, we are holding a virtual press call.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Oct 26, 2023

Federal Court Orders Georgia to Redraw State Legislative District Maps 

The court ruled that the state’s failure to draw new Black opportunity districts in the state Senate and House violated the Voting Rights Act and ordered the General Assembly to draw new maps.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Oct 24, 2023

Civil Rights Groups and Cobb County Voters Seek Injunction to Racially Discriminatory Map

The preliminary injunction motion seeks to prevent alleged unconstitutional Cobb County School Board map from use in the 2024 elections.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Sep 21, 2023

Press Advisory: Hearing Set for Friday in Case Challenging Georgia’s SB 202 Anti-Voter Law 

A federal judge will hear arguments on a motion for preliminary injunction in Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Kemp and consolidated cases challenging a Georgia law passed in 2021 that makes it harder for voters of color and voters with disabilities in the state
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Aug 18, 2023

Press Release: Federal Court Sides with Civil Rights Groups and Lifts Georgia’s Line Relief Ban, Birthdate Requirement on Absentee Ballot Envelopes for 2024 Elections

A federal court in the Northern District of Georgia issued rulings today in response to emergency motions filed by civil rights groups to lift restrictions put in place by Georgia’s anti-voter law, Senate Bill 202 (S.B. 202) for the 2024 elections.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Jul 24, 2023

Press Release: Case Against Racially Gerrymandered Cobb County School Board Map to Move Forward

A federal court on Friday agreed with voting rights groups representing a variety of impacted individuals and organizations in Cobb County that a lawsuit challenging the racially discriminatory Cobb County School Board map should continue...
Issue Areas: Voter Rights