ACLU preparing to spend $25M in midterm elections

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced on Monday it will spend upward of $25 million to educate voters on a slew of races and ballot measures in states across the country.

In a release, the ACLU said it will spend $13 million in tandem with its Voter Education Fund on state Supreme Court races in Michigan, Montana and North Carolina; the secretary of state races in Arizona and Nevada; and “difference-making” state legislative races in Georgia, Michigan, Montana and North Carolina.

“State elected officials are critical defenders of rights and freedoms, including access to the ballot box,” the ACLU said in the release. “From the lawmakers that pass bills that affect our rights, to the elected judges who interpret those laws, the ACLU is a trusted resource for voters to learn about where candidates for these critical offices stand on key issues.”

The ACLU and its foundation are also spending $12.5 million in support of seven ballot measure campaigns in four states: Kansas, Missouri, Montana and Virginia. Those initiatives range from a push from Missouri lawmakers to repeal a 2024 ballot measure enshrining the right to an abortion until fetal viability in the state constitution and a measure to enshrine nonpartisan judicial elections in the Montana Constitution.




https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5957396-aclu-voter-education-spending/