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...precinct-based machines are significant - they are used by voters to double-check their votes. A lack of them was the subject of an ACLU lawsuit against the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections this spring. Federal law requires voters to be given a chance to check their ballot for errors, also known as second-chance voting. (Studies have shown that mistakes on ballots lead them to be thrown out at higher rates in low-income, minority communities...
...movie finds other butts of satire: "Movealong.com," left-wing teachers, ACLU lawyers (they're portrayed as zombies gunned down by Judge Dennis Hopper) and, for raising taxes during a recession and suggesting that Israel practices apartheid, Jimmy Carter; he's seen presiding over a Surrender Ceremony with China. To prove it's fair and balanced, the film - which was not screened in advance for the press but was shown to 2,500 delegates during the Republican National Convention - also has a Larry Craig joke. Malone asks, "You heard the rumors about Lincoln being gay?" Patton replies, "Maybe he just...
...crux of the issue is that a problem emerges when these standards are unclear or improperly applied. Several key states have been heavily affected. For instance, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan last month. The ACLU focused in particular on two of the state’s standards that will immediately nullify a voter’s registration: if he or she obtains a driver’s license in another state and if the mailed voter cards are returned by the post office as undeliverable. This case highlights the problem with...
ANTHONY E. ROTHERT, ACLU attorney representing the four convicted sex offenders who had filed suit, saying the law violates their constitutional rights...
What stands out in my mind is the advent of the whole cyber-world. Cyberspace was a term that started circulating in the public in the early 1990s, and the ACLU had a cyber-liberties task force from the beginning. We advocated for free speech and privacy in that venue the same way we did in others. But it was a struggle. The government was advocating for a second-class First Amendment and constitutional status for the Internet. That was very frightening. Nobody had any idea how it was going to go and I'm very proud that...