Press Releases

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ACLU of Wisconsin Reminds Voters That Their Vote Counts On Election Day, Provides Phone Number to Report Issues

If voters need assistance on Election Day or have witnessed issues at the polls, call the nonpartisan Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.

ACLU of Wisconsin Encourages Voters To Utilize In-Person Early Voting Options

Find your early voting location and hours at MyVote.WI.gov/Vote-Absentee-In-Person.

ACLU of Wisconsin Publishes Answers to Questionnaire Sent to All State Legislative Candidates Running in 2024

We sent a questionnaire to all state Assembly and Senate candidates to gauge their positions on civil rights and liberties issues.

ACLU of Wisconsin Celebrates Early Voting Site Victories

After months of advocacy, the Common Council unanimously approved new Milwaukee early voting locations for elections in 2024!

Following Legislative Floor Sessions, ACLU of Wisconsin Denounces Wave of Partisan Stunts Fracturing Democracy

What we have seen in the last week demonstrates that Wisconsin’s democracy is in dire straits. Some politicians have demonstrated a growing willingness to overlook – or even overturn – the will of the voters in service of their own interests.

ACLU of Wisconsin Calls Potential Impeachment of Supreme Court Justice an Attack on Democracy

Some extremist politicians in the Wisconsin Legislature seem willing to abuse their authority to overturn the will of the voters and impeach a duly-elected Supreme Court Justice.

ACLU of Wisconsin Supports Lawsuit To Overturn Current Unfair Voting Maps

We support the legal challenge to Wisconsin's unfair voting maps, which hopefully brings us one step closer to maps that accurately represent each and every vote in our communities.