Jimothy can’t vote, but you can 🦝 Today is the last day to vote in WA’s primary election. Be sure to drop your completed, signed ballot off at an official drop box by 8pm.
ACLU of Washington
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Protecting the civil rights and civil liberties of all in Washington state. Advocating: ⚖ in the Courts 🗽 in the Legislature 🤝 with community
Today is primary election day in WA! Sign your primary ballot and drop it off before 8pm ✍️
ACLU of Washington@acluwa.bsky.social · last wk.8pm next Tuesday. That's when the ballot lying on your counter (or kitchen table) needs to be returned to an official ballot drop box.
All people, regardless of their immigration status, deserve dignity and humane treatment from our federal government.
Family of 6 detained by WA CBP agents will seek $15M
The father of a family of six detained in Blaine for nearly four weeks was ‘forced to watch children suffer’ in a windowless cell, according to the ACLU.
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Everyone deserves the opportunity to live and work freely. We’ll never stop fighting for that right.
José, his pregnant wife, and their children deserved so much better than the horror they experienced while in federal custody. That’s why we’re fighting for justice – so that no person ever has to go through an experience like this again.
Fannie Lou Hamer was a Southern civil rights activist and community organizer who was beaten by the police for sitting at a whites-only bus stop after completing a voter registration program. She sustained lifelong injuries to her legs, kidneys, and eyes.
For nearly a month, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) held José’s family of six under inhumane conditions in a single, cramped cell meant only for short-term detention.
BREAKING: We filed a claim against the federal government on behalf of a family of five asylum seekers and one U.S. Citizen, who were detained for nearly a month under inhumane conditions in Blaine, WA. The family included four children – one as young as 11 months – and a pregnant mother.
8pm next Tuesday. That's when the ballot lying on your counter (or kitchen table) needs to be returned to an official ballot drop box.
No matter how you need to vote, it is your right to participate. Under federal law. voting must be equally accessible to people with disabilities as for people without disabilities. 🗳️Tap through for an overview of your rights as a voter! https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/disability-rights
Washington, it’s time to vote! Ballots must be returned to an official ballot drop box by 8pm on Primary Election Day, August 4. If you decide to mail your ballot, be sure to send it at least a week early – by July 28. If you mail it any later than that, your ballot may not be counted.
This #DisabilityPrideMonth, make sure you know your rights as a renter. Tap through for an overview of how federal disability rights laws can offer protection.
This month, ICE agents shot and killed two men: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a father of three who had lived in Houston for 35 years, and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, who was killed during a traffic stop in Maine. They should both be alive today.
Our hearts break for May Pollard, her family, the trans community of Idaho, and trans youth everywhere denied the freedom to be themselves. We'll never stop fighting for the future every trans kid deserves.
Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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Judges have more power than you might realize – and in Washington you get to choose them. TONIGHT online @ 5:30pm: Hear from candidates running for seats on the highest court in Washington at Ummah Bar Association’s community forum!
📪Your ballot is waiting for you📪 Washingtonians, today is the start of an 18-day voting period for the August 4th Primary Election, and your ballot should be arriving soon. This election will determine what's on your ballot in November. So, let's make a plan to vote before August 4! ⤵️
Our immigrant friends and neighbors are at risk. ICE and the Trump Administration’s attacks on communities here in Washington and across the country are tearing at those we love, and the rights and freedoms we hold dear. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero should be alive today.
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal@jayapal.house.gov · 3w agoIn the wake of the killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Guerrero, and as ICE ramps up enforcement in the Puget Sound area, I’m standing with local immigration leaders to denounce increased enforcement and to share our work to protect immigrants. Watch here:
When federal agents interfere with people's First Amendment right to record ICE's brutality, they should be able to sue. Take action at aclu.org/right_to-record- urging Congress to pass this vital legislation and defend our right to hold our government accountable.
We get to vote for our judges in WA - do you know who's on your ballot for the primary election? To help you get to know the judicial candidates, the Ummah Bar Association and partners are hosting a free community forum next Monday, July 20. RSVP TODAY, July 16, to attend in person ⬇️
Alice Wong amplified the lived experiences and stories of people with disabilities through co-founding the Disability Visibility Project. In the wake of her passing last year, her advocacy continues to shape national conversations around accessibility and the rights of disabled people.
June may be over, but Pride is all summer long! Find more events happening across Washington this month through September ⬇️
Pass it on: you can tell other people their rights — even when they have broken the law or are breaking the law.
For 250 years, we the people have been working to make our union more perfect. As we face unprecedented attacks on our rights and freedoms, we’re defending our democracy with everything we’ve got.
Our country has never truly lived up to its promise of freedom. We've made progress because of courageous ordinary people working every day to bend the moral arc of the universe toward justice. It is the legacy of those everyday people that shows us a different world is possible.
No matter what the courts or the Trump administration say, we will never stop fighting for the rights of trans youth. To all trans youth: We're with you today, tomorrow, and every day.
If you’re born here, you are a citizen. That is the promise of birthright citizenship. And it remains the law of the land – despite the President's efforts.
We’ve had so much fun celebrating Pride across WA – celebrations that don’t end in June. Thank you to everyone who joined us in the Seattle Pride parade or visited our booths at @spokanepride.bsky.socialand Trans Pride Seattle. No matter the celebration, no matter the fight, we’ve got your back.
ACLU National Legal Director, Cecillia Wang, explains the hard-fought history of birthright citizenship and how Trump tried to tear it all down.
People with disabilities deserve the freedom to determine our own lives and our own futures. Too often and for too long, we’ve been denied that essential right. This Disability Pride month and every other month of the year, we’re fighting for a world where we can exist on our own terms.
