ACLU to Monitor Election Certification with $50M Midterm Investment

• The ACLU is investing $50 million in midterm elections to monitor election certification.
• The organization aims to combat election interference and voter disenfranchisement.
• Thousands of ACLU staffers and volunteers will be deployed to battleground states.
• President Trump has proposed federalizing elections and passing the SAVE America Act.
• A federal judge blocked an executive order by President Trump aimed at purging voter rolls.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Tuesday its plan to monitor election certification as part of a $50 million investment in midterm races, citing concerns over potential threats to voters' ability to cast their ballots. The nonpartisan organization has deployed thousands of staffers to battleground states like Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania to combat election interference and voter disenfranchisement.

Additional ACLU volunteers will also be deployed nationwide after receiving training funded by the group's $24.5 million investment in election safeguarding. This initiative comes as President Trump has expressed intentions to federalize elections and advocated for the SAVE America Act, which would mandate proof of citizenship and photo ID for voters, alongside strict limits on mail-in ballots.

In a setback for Trump's reform agenda, a federal judge on Monday blocked his executive order that sought to purge voter rolls and establish a centralized database of voter information. Deirdre Schifeling, ACLU Chief Political and Advocacy Officer, stated that the right to vote is under a coordinated attack and that restricting ballot access undermines democracy. Sophia Lin Lakin, Director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, affirmed the organization's commitment to legal action against discriminatory voting laws.