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ACLU Seeks to Intervene to Stop Dress Code for Pennsylvania Voters

PITTSBURGH - Seeking to stop an effort that would impose a dress code for voters in the November election, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) filed a petition late Friday to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to force all Pennsylvania County Boards of Election to prohibit

September 29, 2008

PA House Passes Criminal Records Bill Backed by ACLU

HARRISBURG- The Pennsylvania House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation today giving former offenders the opportunity to clear their criminal records of minor crimes. House Bill 1543, which was introduced by Rep.

September 25, 2008

Voters Are Allowed to Wear Partisan T-shirts and Buttons at Polls, Says PA Secretary of State

HARRISBURG, PA - In response to a request from the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Secretary of State's office has notified county election boards that voters who wear partisan political buttons, stickers, and t-shirts to their polling places on Election Day shoul

September 8, 2008

Pennsylvania Parole and Probation Officers May Be Erroneously Telling Parolees and Probationers They Cannot Vote, Says ACLU

PITTSBURGH - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has sent letters to Pennsylvania probation and parole officials in response to reports that some probation and parole officers are erroneously telling offenders that they do not have the right to vote.

September 3, 2008

ACLU Files Suit for Pole-Dancing Instructor

PITTSBURGH, PA - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit today on behalf of a woman who has been denied an occupancy permit by a small Butler County township to open a dance-and-fitness studio that will teach pole dancing.

August 28, 2008

ACLU Sues Federal Government For Wrongly Putting Muslim Airline Pilot and His Wife On 'Terrorist Watch List'

HARRISBURG, PA - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the law firm of Saul Ewing LLP filed a lawsuit today on behalf of a 1991 Gulf War combat veteran and his wife who were wrongly put on the federal government's "Terrorist Watch List," seemingly because of their Muslim faith.

August 19, 2008