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Sep 19, 2022

Vote “Yes” for Early Voting

Voting Rights

When CT voters cast absentee ballots or vote in person on November 8, 2022, we'll see a question: "Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the General Assembly to provide for early voting...

When CT voters cast absentee ballots or vote in person on November 8, 2022, we'll see a question: "Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the General Assembly to provide for early voting...

A person with long nails and a ring holds an ACLU-CT Rise PAC sign and wears an ACLU-CT Rise PAC shirt. The shirt and sign are statute of liberty green, the ACLUCT Rise PAC logos in black
A person with long nails and a ring holds an ACLU-CT Rise PAC sign and wears an ACLU-CT Rise PAC shirt. The shirt and sign are statute of liberty green, the ACLUCT Rise PAC logos in black
Sep 13, 2022

Get to Know the Candidates for Governor

Racial Justice

Learn more about the candidates for governor in the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC questionnaires.

Learn more about the candidates for governor in the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC questionnaires.

In black, on a green background, is the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC logo. A semi-circle with prongs, like a sun or crown, is on the left, over the "r" in "rise". Below, it says "ACLU of Connecticut PAC"
In black, on a green background, is the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC logo. A semi-circle with prongs, like a sun or crown, is on the left, over the "r" in "rise". Below, it says "ACLU of Connecticut PAC"
Sep 13, 2022

Introducing the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC

Racial Justice

The ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC is building the political power of people directly impacted by civil rights and liberties issues, to advance civil liberties and civil rights.

The ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC is building the political power of people directly impacted by civil rights and liberties issues, to advance civil liberties and civil rights.

In black, on a green background, is the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC logo. A semi-circle with prongs, like a sun or crown, is on the left, over the "r" in "rise". Below, it says "ACLU of Connecticut PAC"
In black, on a green background, is the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC logo. A semi-circle with prongs, like a sun or crown, is on the left, over the "r" in "rise". Below, it says "ACLU of Connecticut PAC"
Sep 12, 2022

Get to Know the Candidates for Secretary of the State

Voting Rights

Learn more about the Secretary of the State’s role and get to know the candidates in the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC survey responses

Learn more about the Secretary of the State’s role and get to know the candidates in the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC survey responses

In black, on a green background, is the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC logo. A semi-circle with prongs, like a sun or crown, is on the left, over the "r" in "rise". Below, it says "ACLU of Connecticut PAC"
In black, on a green background, is the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC logo. A semi-circle with prongs, like a sun or crown, is on the left, over the "r" in "rise". Below, it says "ACLU of Connecticut PAC"
Jul 22, 2022

CT Must Build Communities Where All Youth Can Succeed

Youth and Student Rights

With #InvestInMeCT, the Connecticut Justice Alliance is demanding that Connecticut invest time, care, love, and resources into communities – not punishment and incarceration.

By Christina Quaranta

With #InvestInMeCT, the Connecticut Justice Alliance is demanding that Connecticut invest time, care, love, and resources into communities – not punishment and incarceration.

By Christina Quaranta
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A Black women wearing a grey jacket and vertical striped shirt in front of a white background. The woman is smiling in the image.
Jul 6, 2022

Towns, quit criminalizing people who ask for help

Free Speech

No one should be criminalized for asking for help. Yet that is exactly what towns do when they attempt to ban people from panhandling.

No one should be criminalized for asking for help. Yet that is exactly what towns do when they attempt to ban people from panhandling.

A cardboard sign sits on the grass in front of the CT state capitol building. In black letters with white background, the sign says: "dismantle the mass incarceration system"
A cardboard sign sits on the grass in front of the CT state capitol building. In black letters with white background, the sign says: "dismantle the mass incarceration system"