American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio
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Dedicated to maintaining and extending constitutional and other fundamental rights, liberties, privileges, and immunities.
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization.
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Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
As we prepare for a second Trump presidency, we understand how unsafe so many are feeling right now.
But regardless of immigration status, everyone has basic rights that are protected by the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws.
📣Know your rights: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
But regardless of immigration status, everyone has basic rights that are protected by the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws.
📣Know your rights: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Happy New Year, Ohio! Get ready to protect our democracy with us all year long. 🎉🎉
January 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Happy New Year, Ohio! Get ready to protect our democracy with us all year long. 🎉🎉
We are a proponent of legislation that stands to make successful reentry a reality:
🪪HB 393 extends a program providing state ID to people leaving incarceration.
💰HB 296 proposes a grace period for court-imposed fines + fees in the period following a person’s release.
https://ow.ly/Aujs50XMypV
🪪HB 393 extends a program providing state ID to people leaving incarceration.
💰HB 296 proposes a grace period for court-imposed fines + fees in the period following a person’s release.
https://ow.ly/Aujs50XMypV
Making Successful Reentry a Reality - ACLU of Ohio
The ACLU of Ohio is a proponent of current legislation that stands to make successful reentry a reality in ways that do not exist under current law.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are a proponent of legislation that stands to make successful reentry a reality:
🪪HB 393 extends a program providing state ID to people leaving incarceration.
💰HB 296 proposes a grace period for court-imposed fines + fees in the period following a person’s release.
https://ow.ly/Aujs50XMypV
🪪HB 393 extends a program providing state ID to people leaving incarceration.
💰HB 296 proposes a grace period for court-imposed fines + fees in the period following a person’s release.
https://ow.ly/Aujs50XMypV
At the ACLU of Ohio, our statewide efforts to protect our civil rights and liberties are made possible by the support of donors like you. 🤝📢
🚨Right now, through January 15, 2026, ALL donations made to the ACLU of Ohio up to $100,000 will be doubled.
🔗 ACLUOhio.org/Match
🚨Right now, through January 15, 2026, ALL donations made to the ACLU of Ohio up to $100,000 will be doubled.
🔗 ACLUOhio.org/Match
December 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
At the ACLU of Ohio, our statewide efforts to protect our civil rights and liberties are made possible by the support of donors like you. 🤝📢
🚨Right now, through January 15, 2026, ALL donations made to the ACLU of Ohio up to $100,000 will be doubled.
🔗 ACLUOhio.org/Match
🚨Right now, through January 15, 2026, ALL donations made to the ACLU of Ohio up to $100,000 will be doubled.
🔗 ACLUOhio.org/Match
Our Leg. Director, Gary Daniels contributed to this article ➡️ The lack of statewide laws about how cameras are used have privacy advocates like us concerned about possible misuse.
https://ow.ly/iBNj50XMP09
https://ow.ly/iBNj50XMP09
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our Leg. Director, Gary Daniels contributed to this article ➡️ The lack of statewide laws about how cameras are used have privacy advocates like us concerned about possible misuse.
https://ow.ly/iBNj50XMP09
https://ow.ly/iBNj50XMP09
📢We are disappointed to see Senate Bill 56 cross the finish line with Governor DeWine’s signature. The ACLU of Ohio opposed SB 56 because it is contrary to the will of voters. 🗳️🍃
https://ow.ly/ULp850XMOI5
https://ow.ly/ULp850XMOI5
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs intoxicating hemp ban, new marijuana regulations into law • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Friday that bans intoxicating hemp products and makes various changes to the state's voter-passed marijuana law, including adding criminal charges such as making it illegal to bring legally purchased marijuana from another state back to Ohio.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
📢We are disappointed to see Senate Bill 56 cross the finish line with Governor DeWine’s signature. The ACLU of Ohio opposed SB 56 because it is contrary to the will of voters. 🗳️🍃
https://ow.ly/ULp850XMOI5
https://ow.ly/ULp850XMOI5
📢On December 19, Governor DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 293, anti-democratic legislation that would close the post-election window for mailed ballots to be delivered to the Board of Elections. 🧵
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
📢On December 19, Governor DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 293, anti-democratic legislation that would close the post-election window for mailed ballots to be delivered to the Board of Elections. 🧵
Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season from your local civil liberties union. 🫶❄️🫶❄️
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season from your local civil liberties union. 🫶❄️🫶❄️
We give a damn about protecting civil liberties in Ohio. 💪💪
📢Help us build power and hit the ground running in 2026 by giving by January 15 to DOUBLE your impact ➡️ ACLUOhio.org/Match
📢Help us build power and hit the ground running in 2026 by giving by January 15 to DOUBLE your impact ➡️ ACLUOhio.org/Match
December 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We give a damn about protecting civil liberties in Ohio. 💪💪
📢Help us build power and hit the ground running in 2026 by giving by January 15 to DOUBLE your impact ➡️ ACLUOhio.org/Match
📢Help us build power and hit the ground running in 2026 by giving by January 15 to DOUBLE your impact ➡️ ACLUOhio.org/Match
🚨BREAKING: Today, Governor DeWine signed SB 293 into law, the harmful anti-voter legislation that will eliminate the post-election window to accept legally cast ballots mailed before election day.
December 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨BREAKING: Today, Governor DeWine signed SB 293 into law, the harmful anti-voter legislation that will eliminate the post-election window to accept legally cast ballots mailed before election day.
ICE is ramping up its presence across Ohio. It's always good to know your rights: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ICE is ramping up its presence across Ohio. It's always good to know your rights: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights
‼️Giving is protest. Join us as we continue to fight for a more equitable Ohio in 2026 by doubling your impact today ➡️ ACLUOhio.org/Match ‼️
December 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
‼️Giving is protest. Join us as we continue to fight for a more equitable Ohio in 2026 by doubling your impact today ➡️ ACLUOhio.org/Match ‼️
📢📢Double your impact, support our work.
Thanks to a generous supporter, your donations to the ACLU of Ohio will be matched up to $100,000 through January 15th!
Thanks to a generous supporter, your donations to the ACLU of Ohio will be matched up to $100,000 through January 15th!
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
📢📢Double your impact, support our work.
Thanks to a generous supporter, your donations to the ACLU of Ohio will be matched up to $100,000 through January 15th!
Thanks to a generous supporter, your donations to the ACLU of Ohio will be matched up to $100,000 through January 15th!
📚 As the fall semester wraps up, we'd like to shout out our amazing Campus Action Teams at colleges and universities across Ohio.
The CAT at Ohio University recently supported Student Senate legislation urging the school not to sign cooperation agreements with ICE.
https://ow.ly/s1cj50XL6nV
The CAT at Ohio University recently supported Student Senate legislation urging the school not to sign cooperation agreements with ICE.
https://ow.ly/s1cj50XL6nV
Student Senate urges Ohio U to reject cooperation with ICE
Student Senate met Wednesday for its final general body meeting of the semester to review 23 pieces of legislation, including a bill urging Ohio University against future cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📚 As the fall semester wraps up, we'd like to shout out our amazing Campus Action Teams at colleges and universities across Ohio.
The CAT at Ohio University recently supported Student Senate legislation urging the school not to sign cooperation agreements with ICE.
https://ow.ly/s1cj50XL6nV
The CAT at Ohio University recently supported Student Senate legislation urging the school not to sign cooperation agreements with ICE.
https://ow.ly/s1cj50XL6nV
⏰ It's been a week since SB 293 was delivered to Gov. DeWine's desk.
Make 3 calls to urge a veto TODAY: Call the governor's office at 614-644-4357, the Deputy Policy Director at 614-644-0929, or the Legislative Affairs Director at 614-466-2828.
https://ow.ly/sHxe50XL5VR
Make 3 calls to urge a veto TODAY: Call the governor's office at 614-644-4357, the Deputy Policy Director at 614-644-0929, or the Legislative Affairs Director at 614-466-2828.
https://ow.ly/sHxe50XL5VR
Gov. DeWine weighing whether to eliminate Ohio's absentee ballot grace period • Ohio Capital Journal
Every election, in almost every Ohio county, absentee ballots show up at county boards a few days after Election Day. And in many counties, some of those otherwise valid ballots don’t wind up counting for reasons outside the voter’s control. In the 2024 presidential election, at least 1,057 of those ballots got thrown out.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
⏰ It's been a week since SB 293 was delivered to Gov. DeWine's desk.
Make 3 calls to urge a veto TODAY: Call the governor's office at 614-644-4357, the Deputy Policy Director at 614-644-0929, or the Legislative Affairs Director at 614-466-2828.
https://ow.ly/sHxe50XL5VR
Make 3 calls to urge a veto TODAY: Call the governor's office at 614-644-4357, the Deputy Policy Director at 614-644-0929, or the Legislative Affairs Director at 614-466-2828.
https://ow.ly/sHxe50XL5VR
🤝 Social work is an essential part of what we do.
"Social workers are not only encouraged to advocate in the face of inequity and injustice but are ethically bound to do so."
https://www.acluohio.org/news/defending-civil-liberties-and-community-care-how-the-aclus-mission-is-social-work-in-action/
"Social workers are not only encouraged to advocate in the face of inequity and injustice but are ethically bound to do so."
https://www.acluohio.org/news/defending-civil-liberties-and-community-care-how-the-aclus-mission-is-social-work-in-action/
Defending Civil Liberties and Community Care: How the ACLU’s Mission is Social Work in Action - ACLU of Ohio
The ACLU’s vital work is absolutely litigation and legislative advocacy, but it is also social work in every sense. Now more than ever, social workers cannot only just support the work of the ACLU; we need to be active participants in the organization’s continued fight for civil liberties so we can create a more equitable...
www.acluohio.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🤝 Social work is an essential part of what we do.
"Social workers are not only encouraged to advocate in the face of inequity and injustice but are ethically bound to do so."
https://www.acluohio.org/news/defending-civil-liberties-and-community-care-how-the-aclus-mission-is-social-work-in-action/
"Social workers are not only encouraged to advocate in the face of inequity and injustice but are ethically bound to do so."
https://www.acluohio.org/news/defending-civil-liberties-and-community-care-how-the-aclus-mission-is-social-work-in-action/
Two quick weekend actions:
📬 Sign our Veto SB 293 action alert, telling DeWine to protect voters' right to use the entire election timeline.
🍃 Sign our Veto SB 56 action alert, urging for Ohio's marijuana policy to legalize and repair, not recriminalize.
🚨The time is now: acluohio.org/Act
📬 Sign our Veto SB 293 action alert, telling DeWine to protect voters' right to use the entire election timeline.
🍃 Sign our Veto SB 56 action alert, urging for Ohio's marijuana policy to legalize and repair, not recriminalize.
🚨The time is now: acluohio.org/Act
Act - ACLU of Ohio
acluohio.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Two quick weekend actions:
📬 Sign our Veto SB 293 action alert, telling DeWine to protect voters' right to use the entire election timeline.
🍃 Sign our Veto SB 56 action alert, urging for Ohio's marijuana policy to legalize and repair, not recriminalize.
🚨The time is now: acluohio.org/Act
📬 Sign our Veto SB 293 action alert, telling DeWine to protect voters' right to use the entire election timeline.
🍃 Sign our Veto SB 56 action alert, urging for Ohio's marijuana policy to legalize and repair, not recriminalize.
🚨The time is now: acluohio.org/Act
🍃 SB 56 is headed to the Governor's desk! Ohioans overwhelmingly voted to legalize recreational adult-use cannabis in 2023, but SB 56 now seeks to recriminalize it.
Act NOW: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/protect-ohios-existing-marijuana-laws
Act NOW: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/protect-ohios-existing-marijuana-laws
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🍃 SB 56 is headed to the Governor's desk! Ohioans overwhelmingly voted to legalize recreational adult-use cannabis in 2023, but SB 56 now seeks to recriminalize it.
Act NOW: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/protect-ohios-existing-marijuana-laws
Act NOW: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/protect-ohios-existing-marijuana-laws
Gov. DeWine said it himself: "I believe with the enactment of the new election integrity provisions in House Bill 458, this matter should be settled, and I do not expect to see any further statutory changes to Ohio voting procedures while I am Governor."
🗣️ Urge a veto on SB 293: ACLUOhio.org/Act
🗣️ Urge a veto on SB 293: ACLUOhio.org/Act
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Gov. DeWine said it himself: "I believe with the enactment of the new election integrity provisions in House Bill 458, this matter should be settled, and I do not expect to see any further statutory changes to Ohio voting procedures while I am Governor."
🗣️ Urge a veto on SB 293: ACLUOhio.org/Act
🗣️ Urge a veto on SB 293: ACLUOhio.org/Act
🚨🚨🚨 Ohio's latest anti-voter bill is on the move!
Gov. DeWine has 10 DAYS to sign or veto.
Speak up to stop SB 293: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-sb-293-protect-ohio-voters-0
Gov. DeWine has 10 DAYS to sign or veto.
Speak up to stop SB 293: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-sb-293-protect-ohio-voters-0
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Ohio's latest anti-voter bill is on the move!
Gov. DeWine has 10 DAYS to sign or veto.
Speak up to stop SB 293: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-sb-293-protect-ohio-voters-0
Gov. DeWine has 10 DAYS to sign or veto.
Speak up to stop SB 293: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-sb-293-protect-ohio-voters-0
🗓️ Getting an appointment reminder text from your doctor's office or hair salon can help you stay on top of a busy schedule. How about court date reminders?
https://www.acluohio.org/news/court-text-reminder-systems-a-common-sense-criminal-legal-reform/
https://www.acluohio.org/news/court-text-reminder-systems-a-common-sense-criminal-legal-reform/
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🗓️ Getting an appointment reminder text from your doctor's office or hair salon can help you stay on top of a busy schedule. How about court date reminders?
https://www.acluohio.org/news/court-text-reminder-systems-a-common-sense-criminal-legal-reform/
https://www.acluohio.org/news/court-text-reminder-systems-a-common-sense-criminal-legal-reform/
📫📢Ohioans should not be punished for utilizing our entire election season timeline to cast their vote.
🚨Tell Governor DeWine to VETO SB 293 ➡️ ACLUOhio.org/Act
🚨Tell Governor DeWine to VETO SB 293 ➡️ ACLUOhio.org/Act
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
📫📢Ohioans should not be punished for utilizing our entire election season timeline to cast their vote.
🚨Tell Governor DeWine to VETO SB 293 ➡️ ACLUOhio.org/Act
🚨Tell Governor DeWine to VETO SB 293 ➡️ ACLUOhio.org/Act
Public support for the death penalty is at a 50-year low. Why are policymakers in Ohio considering inhumane nitrogen gas executions?
https://ow.ly/XLUu50XE4U4
🚨Tell your representatives to stop HB 36: https://ow.ly/Gi2x50XE4U3
https://ow.ly/XLUu50XE4U4
🚨Tell your representatives to stop HB 36: https://ow.ly/Gi2x50XE4U3
National campaign to end death penalty launches as Ohio lawmakers consider new execution method
A coalition of more than 50 organizations cite declining public support for the death penalty while Ohio lawmakers debate using a new execution method.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Public support for the death penalty is at a 50-year low. Why are policymakers in Ohio considering inhumane nitrogen gas executions?
https://ow.ly/XLUu50XE4U4
🚨Tell your representatives to stop HB 36: https://ow.ly/Gi2x50XE4U3
https://ow.ly/XLUu50XE4U4
🚨Tell your representatives to stop HB 36: https://ow.ly/Gi2x50XE4U3
"In the wake of this decision, we stand ready and look forward to working with the state legislature to ensure that violent encounters between state actors and civilians are scrutinized under the daylight they deserve.”
https://ow.ly/qJaa50XE56K
https://ow.ly/qJaa50XE56K
Ohio Supreme Court rules cops can be considered victims under Marsy's Law • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled police officers can be considered victims, and thus not subject to public disclosure, under Ohio’s Marsy’s Law privacy protections.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"In the wake of this decision, we stand ready and look forward to working with the state legislature to ensure that violent encounters between state actors and civilians are scrutinized under the daylight they deserve.”
https://ow.ly/qJaa50XE56K
https://ow.ly/qJaa50XE56K
📂This week, we joined Reproductive Rights Law Initiative (RRLI) in suing the Ohio Dept. of Health for failing to fulfill its clear legal duty by refusing to promptly provide requested public records. We will always stand up for transparency and government accountability.
https://ow.ly/vjXC50XE5kf
https://ow.ly/vjXC50XE5kf
ACLU says Ohio health department withheld records about Toledo abortion clinic
The Ohio ACLU takes the dispute to the Ohio Supreme Court, saying the ODH ignored months of public-records requests about Toledo Women's Center licensing.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
📂This week, we joined Reproductive Rights Law Initiative (RRLI) in suing the Ohio Dept. of Health for failing to fulfill its clear legal duty by refusing to promptly provide requested public records. We will always stand up for transparency and government accountability.
https://ow.ly/vjXC50XE5kf
https://ow.ly/vjXC50XE5kf
🗣️ Our very own SE Ohio Advocacy Strategist Natalie Johnson and Debbie Schmieding of the League of Women Voters of Athens County share their thoughts on the anti-voter SB 293: https://athensindependent.com/lte-natalie-johnson-sb293/
Call Gov. DeWine's office at 614-644-4357 and encourage a veto!
Call Gov. DeWine's office at 614-644-4357 and encourage a veto!
This bill jeopardizes absentee ballot voting in Athens County – Athens County Independent
There are many harmful provisions in SB 293, which unnecessarily requires absentee ballots to be received on election day.
athensindependent.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🗣️ Our very own SE Ohio Advocacy Strategist Natalie Johnson and Debbie Schmieding of the League of Women Voters of Athens County share their thoughts on the anti-voter SB 293: https://athensindependent.com/lte-natalie-johnson-sb293/
Call Gov. DeWine's office at 614-644-4357 and encourage a veto!
Call Gov. DeWine's office at 614-644-4357 and encourage a veto!