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We're proud of the extension of our settlement agreement with San Juan County, Utah, initially reached following a lawsuit filed in 2016. This settlement protects the rights of Navajo voters by requiring the County to provide in-person voting and accessible election information in Navajo (Diné
The ACLU of Utah argues that DHS violated the students’ Fifth Amendment due process rights.
SB199 creates a separate guardianship system for those with a “severe” intellectual disability. But for a court to agree to use this guardianship, a physician or psychologist must merely describe an intellectual disability as “severe.”
Dear Governor Spencer Cox:
Utah has long been a leader in safe, reliable elections that are free from fraud and unnecessary barriers. HB300 threatens that reality by adding burdensome voting requirements.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah (ACLU of Utah) strongly urges Gov. Spencer Cox to veto SB199, Guardianship Amendments, a sweeping and damaging bill that threatens to strip critical rights from Utahns with disabilities.