Recently, political candidates have called on supporters to monitor polling locations as election observers. Public comments by some supporters indicate that they may attempt to challenge voters or otherwise attempt to interfere with the election process.
CLEVELAND—The ACLU of Ohio has released recommendations to the City of Cleveland for police oversight and investigation of officer misconduct.
CLEVELAND—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is pursuing a contract with the private prison company Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) to hold people in the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown prior to deporting them.
In response to a recent court ruling over the illegal purging of voter registrations by Secretary of State Jon Husted, the ACLU of Ohio is issuing this alert for all voters in the 2016 presidential election.
CLEVELAND—The massive enforcement of laws criminalizing personal drug use and possession in the United States causes devastating harm, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a joint report released today.
CLEVELAND—The ACLU of Ohio, TransOhio, Equality Ohio, the Human Rights Campaign, the League of Women Voters, and Ohio Voice will provide educational materials to all boards of elections with guidelines on how to interact with transgender voters.