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10.30.06
ACLU Calls on Summit Board of Elections to Ensure All Absentee Ballots Are Counted
Votes Must Be Tallied, Not Languish at Post Office
AKRON—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio today urged Summit County Election officials to make certain that absentee ballots mailed with insufficient postage are either counted or alternative means of casting a vote are made. As many as 10,000 ballots have been projected to sit at the Post Office, rather than the Board of Elections. Read more…
Voting Rights
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10.24.06
ACLU Urges Ohio Supreme Court to Restore Fair Trials
Secret Evidence Allowed in Criminal Courts Unfair
COLUMBUS—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio today called on the Ohio Supreme Court to revise Rule 16 of Ohio’s rules for criminal prosecutions to ensure that persons accused of crime will have timely access to the evidence against them. Currently, the law permits the prosecution to conceal some evidence setting up a system of Read more…
Privacy
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10.12.06
ACLU Says State Convicted Wrong Man in Lucasville Riot Murder
State Presented Perjured Testimony at Trial
LUCASVILLE, OH- Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed an amicus brief claiming that prosecutors presented jury members with false evidence in the trial of Siddique Abdullah Hasan, who was accused of killing Officer Vallandingham during the 1993 Lucasville riots. “Mr Hasan was convicted and sentenced to death largely based on evidence which Read more…
Death Penalty
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10.10.06
Ohio Voters Seek Stronger Role for Congress in Checking President’s Actions, Poll Shows
Ohioans Want Protection from Terrorism But Not at the Expense of Civil Liberties
CLEVELAND– Ohio voters want to see Congress take a stronger role in providing checks and balances to the President’s actions in fighting terrorism, and voice a strong preference for House and Senate candidates who will oppose the President’s policies on the treatment of Guantanamo detainees, the use of torture and extraordinary rendition of detainees as Read more…
National Security
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09.28.06
Federal Court Defends Woman’s Health
Decision Allows Ohio Women Use of Safe, Effective Abortion Drug
CINCINNATI – The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio applauded yesterday’s decision by Federal District Court Judge Susan Dlott that Ohio women should have easier access to a drug that provides early, safe pregnancy termination. Dlott ruled that Ohio House Bill 126, which restricted the use of mifepristone, was unconstitutional and permanently enjoined the law. Read more…
Reproductive Freedom