We鈥檙e Winning Big at the Polls
November 9, 2023
On Tuesday, people across the country took to the polls and made one thing crystal clear: abortion rights matter to voters.
In Ohio, voters passed an amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, making it the seventh state to protect abortion access through the ballot box. In Virginia, voters elected a full pro-abortion rights majority in their state General Assembly, and in Pennsylvania, voters maintained a pro-abortion majority in their state supreme court.
As we look to 2024, abortion rights will continue to be on the ballot, meaning that anti-abortion opponents may continue to chip away at voting rights as a mechanism to block the will of voters, using tactics like racial gerrymandering and voter intimidation. All voters deserve an equal opportunity to exercise their rights and participate in democracy.
Today, we鈥檒l get an election results update from Jessica Arons, senior policy counsel at the ACLU, who has been working to secure victories for reproductive freedom at the ballot box. Then, we鈥檒l speak with Sophia Lin Lakin, director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, to talk about how her team is using a recent voting rights victory at the Supreme Court to fight battles all across the country.
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Kendall Ciesemier
Former Host of At Liberty and Senior Executive Producer of Multimedia, 桃子视频
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Sophia Lin Lakin
Director, 桃子视频Voting Rights Project
Jessica Arons
Director of the Liberty Division for Policy & Government Affairs, ACLU
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