Open Government
Case Sheets:--Open Government
--Rights of Voters
--Rights of Candidates
Open Government in the News
September 13, 2007-- ACLU Files Open Records Lawsuite Against Providence Police Department Over Video Surveillance Policies
October 5, 2005 -- ACLU Files Open Record Lawsuit Against Foster-Glocester School District
August 18, 2005 -- ACLU Asks Coventry School Committee to Discontinue Restrictive Public Comment Policy
June 1, 2005 -- ACLU Files Open Records Lawsuit Against North Smithfield
May 18, 2005 -- Rhode Island ACLU Files Request to Uncover Spy Documents After National ACLU Exposes FBI and Police Spying on Political Groups
March 8, 2005 -- ACLU Calls on Attorney General To Withdraw Opinion Allowing Public Meetings By Telephone
November 18, 2004 -- ACLU Challenges Limits on Participation in Ballot Referenda Campaigns
November 2, 2004 -- State Settles ACLU "Provisional Ballot" Lawsuit; Ballots of Voters Without ID Will Be Counted
October 29, 2004 -- ACLU Demands Change in State Voting Policy that May Disqualify Hundreds of Valid Ballots
September 16, 2004 -- Court Order Declares Lincoln School Committee Election a "Nullity"
September 14, 2004 -- ACLU Asks Court to Void Lincoln School Committee "Preliminary" Election
February 12, 2004 -- ACLU Calls For Change to Open Records Law in Response to Death of South Kingstown Man
April 21, 2003 -- Supreme Court Orders Providence to Pay Costs, Attorneys Fees in Police Misconduct Open Records Case