What Issues Does the ACLU of Ohio Website Cover?

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The ACLU of Ohio website (acluohio.org) tracks a defined set of civil liberties issues and organizes each one into its own section. According to the site's "Issues We're Monitoring" list, those issues are: Ending the Death Penalty, Immigrants' Rights, Legalize and Repair, LGBTQ Rights, Privacy, Reproductive Freedom, and Voting. A "View All Issues" link leads to the full index. The homepage also features a separate "Free Speech, Free Country" campaign, so speech and First Amendment work appears as a campaign area rather than inside the monitored-issues list.

The monitored issues, and what each section is for

Issue What the site covers under it
Ending the Death Penalty Capital punishment advocacy and related cases
Immigrants' Rights Immigrant community rights, including Know Your Rights material
Legalize and Repair Criminal legal system reform
LGBTQ Rights LGBTQ civil liberties work
Privacy Surveillance and privacy rights, including mass surveillance in Ohio
Reproductive Freedom Reproductive rights advocacy
Voting Voter ID rules, key dates, candidate profiles, and resources for students, disabled voters, and poll workers

Each entry is a navigation point: selecting an issue opens that topic's page for detail, current work, and ways to act.

Where free speech fits

Free speech is presented on the homepage as its own campaign, "Free Speech, Free Country," described as working toward an Ohio where everyone, including migrants, can speak, learn, and question freely, with the First Amendment "powerfully alive in classrooms, communities, and public life." If you are looking for speech-related content, start there rather than in the monitored-issues list.

What else the site surfaces alongside the issues

  • Voting resources: a dedicated Voting Resource Page with ID rules, key dates, and 2026 candidate profiles, plus material aimed at students, disabled voters, and poll workers.
  • Know Your Rights guides: including a Haitian Creole guide (KYR Konnen Dwa Ou) tied to the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, and a guide on Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
  • Reports and toolkits: for example, Eyes on You: The Rise of Mass Surveillance in Ohio, and an activist toolkit on dismantling mass surveillance and ending Flock contracts.
  • Press releases and cases: recent items include a September 2026 federal ruling temporarily stopping ICE retaliation against a peaceful observer in Springfield, a lawsuit against seven ICE officers over an observer's First Amendment rights, and the featured case Peralta v. DHS.
  • Updates: a sign-up form for occasional action emails, governed by the ACLU's privacy statement.

How to use the site

If you want a specific topic, go straight to "Issues We're Monitoring" and pick the matching entry, or use "View All Issues" for the complete list. If your interest is voting, the Voting Resource Page is the fastest route to ID rules and dates. If your interest is speech, use the "Free Speech, Free Country" campaign page. For ongoing developments rather than background, the "The Latest" and "Press Releases" sections carry dated items.