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ACLU to Spend Up to $25 Million on Voter Education for State Races
The American Civil Liberties Union announced plans to allocate $25 million toward voter education efforts ahead of midterm elections. The spending targets state supreme court, secretary of state, and legislative contests in multiple states.
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The American Civil Liberties Union announced on Monday that it will spend up to $25 million to educate voters on state-level races and ballot measures across the country. The organization said it will direct $13 million through its Voter Education Fund to state supreme court races in Michigan, Montana, and North Carolina.
Additional funds will support secretary of state contests in Arizona and Nevada and legislative races in Georgia, Michigan, Montana, and North Carolina.
The ACLU and its foundation will also spend $12.5 million on seven ballot measure campaigns in Kansas, Missouri, Montana, and Virginia. One measure in Missouri seeks to repeal a 2024 constitutional provision on abortion access until fetal viability. Another in Montana would establish nonpartisan judicial elections.
Context The ACLU stated that state elected officials serve as critical defenders of rights and freedoms, including access to the ballot box. The group reported a nearly 65 percent success rate in January at defeating, delaying, or diluting administration policies since President Trump returned to office.
In the 2020 elections, ACLU supporters donated $463 million to Democratic candidates, committees, and PACs and $19 million to Republicans.
