ACLU plans voting-rights campaign kickoff in Lawrence, spotlighting Kobach’s restrictions

The American Civil Liberties Union launches a national campaign Sunday to advance reform in 50 states to make it easier to vote.

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ACLU To Kick Off National Voting Rights Campaign In Kansas

This weekend in Lawrence, the ACLU will kick off a national campaign on voting rights called Let People Vote. The group chose Kansas because of the state’s strict voting policies pushed by Secretary of State Kris Kobach.

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Our View: Vital Quest to Defend Voter Rights

The Garden City Telegram Editorial Board discusses why the ACLU's Let People Vote campaign warrants nationwide support.

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ACLU moves from defense to offense, starting in Kris Kobach’s home state

Flush with cash and a newfound demand for activism, the American Civil Liberties Union next month will launch a new effort to expand voting rights in all 50 states that top officials hope will finally let liberals play offense on an issue that has long bedeviled them.

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Op-Ed: Kansas can Lead the Way on Criminal Justice and Fix our Struggling Prisons

In an editorial in the Topeka Capital-Journal, Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, and Robert Choromanski, executive director of KOSE, the correctional officers' union, outline the reforms we must take to save our broken criminal justice system.

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Op-Ed: Sam Brownback is a Concerning Choice for Religious Freedom Ambassador

In an editorial in The Advocate, Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, explains by Gov. Sam Brownback's extensive history of anti-LGBT policy makes him a troubling choice for International Religious Freedom Ambassador.

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Want to intern at the ACLU?

The ACLU of Kansas is an Advocacy, Communications and Administration intern for the Fall of 2017.

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ACLU of Kansas Investigating State of Kansas Treatment of HCV

The ACLU is currently investigating the treatment that the State of Kansas renders to Medicaid enrollees and prison inmates who are diagnosed with Chronic Hepatitis C—the Hepatitis C Virus (“HCV”). If you have have HCV and are a Medicaid enrollee or prison inmate, click here to learn more.

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ACLU Letter to Senator Pilcher-Cook regarding Facebook Page Censorship

Last month, we were contacted by a constituent of the 10th District of Kansas who had been blocked from the official Facebook page of Senator Mary Pilcher-Cook, the state senator representing her district.  The constituent was blocked after leaving comments on the page expressing opposition to the policy stances taken by Senator Pilcher-Cook, which were also subsequently deleted.

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