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UPDATE: Kendall County Clerk's Office Will Correct Misleading Voter Information
UPDATE: After receiving our letter, the Kendall County Clerk’s Office said they will remove the misleading and confusing instructions from its website telling voters to bring ID to the polls. They also committed to training their election judges that ID is not required to vote.
ACLU Responds to AG Sessions’ False Claims on “Stop and Frisk” in Chicago
The below statement can be attributed to Karen Sheley, Director, Police Practices Project, ACLU of Illinois:
ACLU Responds to Filing of Plan to Reform the Chicago Police Department
Today, the Illinois Attorney General and the City of Chicago filed a consent decree to reform the Chicago Police Department in a federal court in Chicago for final approval.
ACLU Responds to Inclusion of Requirement for CPD Officers to Report Pointing Weapon in Consent Decree
According to an agreement reached between the City of Chicago and Illinois Attorney General made public today, Chicago police
ACLU Praises SIU’s Reversal on Student Activism Ban
In reponse to public pressure, SIU-Carbondale has reversed their new policy aimed at barring student athletes from expressing their views on social policies - includ