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ACLU Letter to Committee on House Administration Leadership on the Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007 (04/01/2008)

ACLU Testimony for Senate Rules and Administration Committee on Disfranchisement Resulting From Myths About In-Person Voter Fraud (03/11/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and its hundreds of thousands of members, activists, and fifty-three affiliates nationwide, we commend the Committee for examining how the myth of in-person voter fraud is being used to disfranchise American citizens. We wish to submit this letter as written testimony for the Committee hearing record on March 12, 2008.

ACLU Letter Applauding H.R. 281, The Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007 (02/28/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), over half a million members and activists, and fifty-three affiliates nationwide, we are writing to express our support for your bill, H.R. 281, the “Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007.” H.R. 281 would ensure that all Americans have an equal opportunity to vote by mail in federal elections for any reason. This bill would give all voters the choice of voting by mail by eliminating the unnecessary, burdensome, and often intrusive requirements that some states impose on voters requesting absentee ballots.

ACLU Presses House Committee to Tackle Nationwide Voter Suppression (02/26/2008)
Washington, DC – Voting rights experts testified today before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in a hearing to examine voter suppression in America. The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, which is tasked with enforcing civil rights and voting rights law, has come under fire since the start of the Bush administration for politicization, resulting in departures of longtime career staff and abuse of its enforcement authority to block access to the polls. Laughlin McDonald, director of the American Civil Liberties Union Voting Rights Project, submitted written testimony illuminating disenfranchisement among American Indian voters.

ACLU Testimony for Voter Suppression and Intimidation Hearing (02/26/2008)
Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, I want to thank you for providing me an opportunity to submit this statement on denial and suppression of the American Indian vote. The examples discussed below are taken mainly from litigation brought by the ACLU Voting Rights Project in Indian Country. Techniques for vote denial and suppression have included the maintenance and manipulation of discriminatory election procedures, the refusal to provide access to registration and voting, the adoption of discriminatory ID requirements for voting, and unwarranted allegations of voter fraud.

Testimony before House Oversight Committee by Laughlin McDonald, Director of ACLU Voting Rights Project (10/30/2007)

Letter urging rigorous confirmation hearing for Hans von Spakovsky's FEC nomination (06/13/2007)

ACLU Letter Opposing McConnell Voter ID Amendment to Immigration Bill (06/04/2007)
The ACLU urges senators to vote against Mitch McConnell's amendment to the Senate immigration bill that would require voters to produce a government-issued ID to vote in federal elections.

Letter Opposing Senator Mitch McConnell's Photo ID for Voting Amendment to the Immigration Bill (05/25/2007)
Dear Senator: Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has proposed Amendment No. 1170 to S. 1348, which may be voted on by the full Senate after recess. On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and its hundreds of thousands of members, activists, and fifty-three affiliates nationwide, we write to urge you to oppose this amendment. Amendment 1170 would require voters to present a government-issued photo ID in order to vote in federal elections. This requirement imposes an unnecessary and undue burden on the exercise of the fundamental right to vote for millions of Americans who are eligible, registered, and qualified to vote.

ACLU Letter to the House Supporting H.R. 1281, the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 (05/09/2007)