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ACLU of Wisconsin Voting Rights and Voter Protection
“Voting is a sacred right and a moral obligation”
— Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
An ACLU of Wisconsin Publication - November 2006
Some people in Wisconsin are not sure if they are eligible to vote.
Often students, ex-felons and people who have moved to or within the
state want more information about their right to vote.
The ACLU of Wisconsin is offering this easy to handout guide to help
you determine if you can vote.
Please print it and distribute widely.
For more information go to The
Wisconsin State Elections Board website or call 414-286-VOTE (8683)
in the Greater Milwaukee area.
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Voting Rights Act Reauthorized! A bipartisan victory,
but we have more work to do.
The right to vote, and to have one's vote accurately and
fairly counted, is as fundamental a right as we have in this country.
In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, one of the most effective
civil rights laws ever enacted. The Act immediately outlawed the worst
Jim Crow laws in the South, such as literacy tests and other devices that
kept black citizens out of the voting booth.
The Fannie Lou Hammer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott
King Voting Rights Act of 2006 was overwhelming passed and signed into
law in July 2006.
Background Documents and Reports
Press Releases
- February 19, 2007 >> Election Protection Coalition Commends Progress, Urges Adequate Resources for Elections FULL
STORY & REPORT
- September 26, 2005 >> ACLU of Wisconsin Commends Sensenbrenner
on Voting Rights Act Hearings FULL
STORY
- February 1, 2005>> ACLU Calls on Legislature to Reject
Unnecessary and Unfair Photo ID FULL STORY
- January 11, 2005>> Election Protection Coalition Urges
Voting Improvements FULL STORY
- October 15, 2004>> ACLU Urges County to Protect Voting
Rights, Lets Voters Know Their Rights FULL
STORY
- July 13, 2004>> ACLU of Wisconsin Challenges Municipal
Clerks On Voting Rights Violations this Fall. FULL
STORY
- November 3, 2002 >> Elections Board has affirmed the
right of non-English-speaking U.S. citizens to vote FULL
STORY
- March 19, 2002 >> While Reform should result in good
government that's efficient, it must above all result in a government
that is democratic and constitutional FULL STORY
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