The Fight to Protect Maine Voter Data Heads to the First Circuit

The Trump administration is not sharing the true reasons for wanting sensitive voter data: to unlawfully build a national voter database to disenfranchise voters. We're fighting back.

By Samuel Crankshaw

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Your Vote, Your Schedule: It's Time to Request Your Absentee Ballot Online

Election Day may be a couple of months away, but it's already time to request a mail-in absentee ballot online!

By Samuel Crankshaw

A person stands at a voting booth marked with an American flag and the word “VOTE” inside a community polling place. The room has wooden floors, orange stacked chairs, and colorful landscape paintings on the walls, with a small U.S. flag displayed nearby.

The Supreme Court Term in Review

Catch a recording of our discussion covering the court's role and what these decisions mean for Maine.

By Carol Garvan, Zachary Heiden, Molly Curren Rowles, Aaron Rosenblum

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Trump Wants Maine Voters' Private Data. A Federal Court Just Stopped Him.

A U.S. district court has dismissed the federal government's lawsuit, blocking its demand for full access to Maine voters' sensitive personal information.

By Zachary Heiden, Maggie Nugent

Person holding protest sign reading "protect your vote."

Weekly Highlights November 10 – 14

This week at the ACLU of Maine: Our Scolnik Award recap, an update on Rockland's ordinance on immigration enforcement, and more!

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Weekly Highlights November 3 – 7

This week at the ACLU of Maine: A victory for voting rights, how local Maine towns can defend immigrants' rights and due process, and more!

By Maggie Nugent

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Weekly Highlights October 27 – 31

This week at the ACLU of Maine: We're investigation an unlawful traffic stop by CBP in Presque Isle, and more.

By Maggie Nugent

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Protect Voting Rights in Maine: Vote NO on Question 1

Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. You can help protect voting rights by voting NO on Question 1.

By Alicia Rea

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The Voting Rights Act at 60: A Legacy in Jeopardy, a Democracy at Risk

As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, its legacy is under siege – from courts, lawmakers, and a government retreating from enforcement. The battle to preserve it is now a fight for the future of democracy itself.

Protesters with signs at march on Washington, D.C. for Jobs and Freedom, carrying signs that read "WE DEMAND VOTING RIGHTS NOW!" and WE DEMAND AN END O POLICE BRUTALITY NOW!" on August 28, 1963.