Expanding access to the ballot

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In order to bring voter registration into the 21st century and make voting as convenient as possible, the ACLU of Alabama advocates for reforms that have been demonstrated to be extremely effective at making sure that all Americans who want to cast a ballot are able to do so. Efforts to expand access to the polls include allowing no-excuse absentee ballots and same-day voter registration, and eliminating voter ID laws that suppress turnout.

The ACLU of Alabama also pushes to repeal Jim Crow-era laws that take away the rights of citizens with criminal convictions.

Additional Resources

Know Your Rights: Voting Rights
How To: Restore Your Voting Rights | Voting Rights Toolkit
ACLU National: Voting Rights | Voter Intimidation

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Civil rights groups support lawsuit challenging Alabama's voter ID law

ACLU of Alabama, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, Lawyers’ Committee, and Campaign Legal Center submitted a brief in support of the appeal of a federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s voter ID law that requires voters to obtain photo ID in order to vote.
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Speak Freely: The Alabama Governor Just Signed a Bill That Will Restore Voting Rights to Thousands of Alabamians

Approved in 1901, the Alabama Constitution disqualifies from voting any citizen convicted of a “crime involving moral turpitude.” That may at first seem racially neutral, but the document as well as the moral turpitude provision were designed with clear racist intent. The drafters intentionally sought to subvert the 14th and 15th Amendments’ protection against racial discrimination in voting by using the moral turpitude provision, in conjunction with discriminatory criminal justice enforcement, to target Alabama’s Black citizens.
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Federal Court Rejects State's Latest Congressional Map

Federal Court Rejects Latest Alabama Congressional Map 

The Court ordered a special master to redraw map to ensure Black voters have an opportunity to elect candidates of choice.
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The midterm elections are coming, but voting can be confusing and overwhelming. People want to be good voters. They want to make informed choices about who to vote for and how to vote on issues.