Tag: ACLU

ACLU Launches New Trump and Vote By Mail TV Ad

Stuart Mitchell

The American Civil Liberties Union launched a new six-figure television ad that highlights President Trump and administration officials who vote by mail juxtaposed with their recent attacks on the U.S. Postal Service and mail voting. The ad will run on MSNBC during the Democratic National Convention, and touts the ACLU’s work to ensure voters have access to the ballot, whether they choose to vote in-person or by mail. The ACLU has filed 20 lawsuits to protect the right to vote during the COVID-19 pandemic and has political advocacy campaigns ongoing…

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ACLU and All* Above All Action Fund Launch Campaign to Tell Biden to End Abortion Coverage Restrictions

Stuart Mitchell

The American Civil Liberties Union Rights for All campaign and All* Above All Action Fund launched a digital postcard campaign for 1.5 million supporters to demand that Biden strengthen his commitment to ending the Hyde Amendment and all abortion coverage restrictions, ahead of the Democratic Convention. The campaign will run for two weeks and culminate in a mass delivery to Biden’s Philadelphia headquarters. Last spring, an ACLU Rights for All volunteer secured a commitment from Biden that, if elected, he would work to end Hyde, a harmful, decades-old ban on…

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New ACLU Ad Campaign Urges Congress to Ensure Universal Access to COVID-19 Testing and Treatment

Stuart Mitchell

The American Civil Liberties Union launched a new five figure digital ad campaign on Facebook and Instagram in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, and North Carolina urging members of Congress to ensure access to COVID-19 testing and treatment for everyone in the United States, regardless of immigration status. The ads, targeting Sens. McSally, Sinema, Rubio, Stabenow, Peters, and Tillis and Rep. Pallone, remind the members that until all of us are covered, all of us are at risk for COVID-19.  Each bill that Congress has enacted has left tens of…

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Advocates Urge Measures to Protect Election Integrity in Face of Pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

In a move that may be mirrored on a larger scale throughout the US the ACLU of Maine joined voting rights advocates from around the state in urging the governor and secretary of state to take steps to ensure all eligible Mainers can vote in upcoming elections. “The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives in countless ways, but we cannot allow it to threaten our democracy,” said Alison Beyea, executive director of the ACLU of Maine. “The ability to have a say in our government is critical now more than…

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ACLU Ramps Up Advocacy to Release Vulnerable People in Prisons and Jails with National TV Ads

Stuart Mitchell

The American Civil Liberties Union launched a nationwide television ad campaign, paired with a targeted ad buy in key states, urging federal, state, and local officials to release elderly and medically-vulnerable people from prisons and jails. The ads mark an escalation of the ACLU’s political advocacy and litigation efforts to save the most vulnerable from the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the pandemic’s start, ACLU and its state affiliates have filed more than 15 legal actions related to detention centers, prisons, and jails, and have led advocacy efforts nationwide, which have included…

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