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Jun 17, 2021
ACLU Calls on Providence Officials to Address Dubious Attempt to Oust Homeless From Wilson Street Encampment
The ACLU has called on Mayor Elorza and Commissioner of Public Safety Paré to address the “constitutionally suspect procedural shortcuts” that it took last week in an attempt to oust the people living in a homeless encampment on Wilson Street in PVD.
Jun 09, 2021
ACLU Files Brief Challenging Denial of Right to Vote to Non-Property Owners in Narragansett Fire District
We filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of a lawsuit challenging a policy of the Bonnet Shores Fire District (BSFD) which bars residents from voting if they own less than $400 of property in the district.
Apr 20, 2021
Court Consent Judgment Strikes from the Books Cranston's Anti-Panhandling Ordinance
In a major victory for the First Amendment, U.S. District Court Chief Judge William Smith has signed an order declaring Cranston's anti-panhandling ordinance unconstitutional.
Oct 29, 2020
ACLU Challenges Woonsocket Polling Place Relocation
The ACLU has filed a complaint letter with the RI Board of Elections over a decision by the Woonsocket Board of Canvassers to move a polling place with a large number of non-white and low-income voters to a location outside the district.
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