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The ACLU’s vital work is absolutely litigation and legislative advocacy, but it is also social work in every sense. Now more than ever, social workers cannot only just support the work of the ACLU; we need to be active participants in the organization’s continued fight for civil liberties so we can create a more equitable country to live in: with true liberty and justice for all.

Establishing a comprehensive, common-sense court reminder program has the potential to keep folks out of jail for simply forgetting their court date, lowers administrative costs for courts, and reduces resources used by law enforcement when issuing bench warrants and completing arrests.

All SB 293 does is force our dedicated local election officials to throw otherwise valid ballots in the trash can.

The ACLU of Ohio advocates for a narrower version of HB 338 that directly addresses issues of serious prison violence instead of a kitchen sink bill that dilutes the focus on the stated goal of reducing that violence and, we believe, contains various changes that will prove to be counterproductive.

The ACLU of Ohio is happy to lend its support to this bipartisan bill to ensure those incarcerated in Ohio’s prisons and jails are provided with adequate feminine hygiene supplies and products.

The proposed legislation is a policy decision, pure and simple, and as a matter of policy, it continues the destructive pattern of disenfranchising thousands of Ohio voters. Ten thousand ballots from the 2024 general election, including over two thousand ballots from counties comprising the Senate districts of members of this committee, would not have counted if SB 293 had been the law.

The Oberlin Campus Action Team condemns anticipatory compliance with law enforcement and urges colleges to reject any and all MOUs or 287(g) agreements with immigration enforcement.  

This map will result in some Ohioans’ votes weighing more than others, subjecting the people of Ohio to yet another setback in the pursuit of basic fairness in their representation.

Local Lawmakers Take a Stand for LGBTQ+ Ohioans