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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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