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Attorneys sued Wisconsin and Illinois Wednesday over laws that forbid transgender individuals from changing their names if they have certain criminal convictions. Both federal lawsuits argue that the states are violating free speech rights and are preventing people from expressing how they identify themselves. In Wisconsin, registered sex offenders are forbidden to change their names and face up to six

FROM NARSOL: Just completed an interview with Gail Colletta of Florida Action Committee, one of our great affiliate organizations! I think she very eloquently articulated some advocacy goals that we can all aspire to! If you’d like to hear the interview, here it is: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/registryreport/2019/04/30/episode-9-gail-colletta–president-florida-action-committee  

A Kentucky teenager has pleaded guilty to killing a convicted sex offender who lived nearby. The Daily News reports 17-year-old Lance D’artagnan Lear of Auburn entered the plea Monday in Logan Circuit Court to charges of murder and arson. The plea agreement recommends a 20-year sentence. Lear told the judge he went to Jerry Caudill’s home on June 7, 2017

[Note: This is not a political endorsement by Florida Action Committee.] In his April 22nd Town Hall on CNN, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders expressed his unwavering support for the right to vote for all adult citizens. He reiterates that there should be no excluded group in our democracy, and that as soon as you start excluding groups it becomes a slippery

Tomorrow, a senate committee in Alabama will consider Alabama Senate Bill 125, sponsored by Senator Cam Ward. Among other things, the bill would give Courts discretion as to whether or not a child should be subject to registration or notification as a sex offender under certain conditions. Sen. Ward suggested that the bill is intended to “get those kids back

At the bottom of this post are excerpts from this article, which talks about restoration of voting rights and disenfranchisement in general. This issue is particularly pressing in Florida, which is one of the few states that has automatic disenfranchisement of Felons combined with an arduous process for getting their rights restored. Even though the state passed Amendment 4, which