Around the Nation, Helping to Mobilize on the Issues

With the midterm elections right around the corner, all of us on the ACLU Field Team hope November 7th is on people’s minds. The ACLU is a non-partisan organization, and takes no official position on candidates for elected office. But, we’re monitoring and organizing in a number of states on anti-civil liberties ballot initiatives.

In the next few days, we’ll be posting blog updates from ACLU activists in the fieldcolleagues and friends who are working hard to protect the civil liberties and privacy of all Americans.

Here’s just a handful of the initiatives our activists are involved in … In Michigan, we’re working to protect affirmative action; in South Dakota, Oregon and California, we’re fighting to preserve reproductive rights; in Virginia and Idaho we’re organizing against anti-gay ballot proposals; and in Wisconsin we’re helping organize against anti-gay proposals and a death penalty initiative.

Look for updates from across the country on these efforts and others. With the help of concerned activists and voters, we’re going to win on these issues!

A final note to keep in mind as you go to the polls next week: No matter how you vote, we care that your right to do so isn’t impeded. The ACLU Voting Rights Project have set up a special toll-free voter hotline, to respond to incidents of voter intimidation, vote suppression or election irregularities. If you want to report any voting problems, please call us on Election Day at 1-877-523-2792.

For more disptaches from the field, check back here often at www.aclu.org/dispatches.

See you on November 7!

Jeani Murray
National Field Director
ACLU