DISENFRANCHISEMENT
NARF AND ACLU Ask Federal Court To Stop Disenfranchisement Of Alaska Natives Who Need Language Assistance
On behalf of four Alaska Natives and four tribal governments, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion in federal court today ordering state and local elections officials to provide effective oral language assistance and voting materials to citizens who speak Yup'ik, the primary language of a majority of voters in the Bethel region of Alaska.
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SUPREME COURT
ACLU Disappointed With Supreme Court's Voter ID Decision
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a challenge to Indiana's most-restrictive-in-the-nation voter identification law. The American Civil Liberties Union's case, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board - consolidated with Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita - is an appeal of two lower court decisions that upheld the state's law requiring voters to present government-issued photo IDs in order to vote. The ACLU argued that the Indiana law creates an unconstitutional burden on voting rights.

ELECTION REFORM
ACLU Of Utah Releases Report On Ogden Election Irregularities
The ACLU of Utah has released a report detailing the results of an investigation into election irregularities surrounding the Ogden 2007 municipal election. In response to complaints, the ACLU conducted an investigation that included interviews with Ogden voters, meetings with election officials in Ogden, and interviews with two of the mayoral candidates, Susan Van Hooser and sitting mayor Matthew Godfrey.