ACLU R.I. Files Brief Challenging Denial of Right to Vote to Non-Property Owners in Narragansett Fire District
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 10 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news on June 9, 2021:
At a time when efforts to impose barriers on the right to vote are percolating across the country, the ACLU of Rhode Island today filed a "friend of the court" brief in support of a lawsuit challenging a policy of the Bonnet Shores Fire District (BSFD) in Narragansett that bars residents from voting if they own less than $400 of proper . . .
At a time when efforts to impose barriers on the right to vote are percolating across the country, the ACLU of Rhode Island today filed a "friend of the court" brief in support of a lawsuit challenging a policy of the Bonnet Shores Fire District (BSFD) in Narragansett that bars residents from voting if they own less than $400 of proper . . .