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On June 13 and 14, over 300 Clean Slate advocates from around the country gathered in Philadelphia for the third annual Clean Slate Initiative Convening.

While Senate Bill 4 did not pass this session, there are many things that advocates can notch as significant victories as we look ahead to making 2025 the year probation reform becomes a reality in Delaware.

Read more about our hope for the future, the work our local affiliate has done over the last 60 years, and the work we’re doing now in this latest issue of our quarterly newsletter. This is your Connect!.

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A letter opposing the potential amendment to Section 10 of the Dewey Beach Charter was sent to the Dewey Beach Town Council on Thursday, June 20.

Last month, the ACLU of Delaware secured a victory in the case of Kari Lynn Overington, whose vanity license plate “FCANCER” was recalled by the Delaware Department of Motor Vehicles in 2021, therefore protecting Overington’s freedom of expression as a bedrock principle of a free democracy.

This article was originally published in Delaware Business Times.

The Delaware House of Representatives passed House Substitute 2 for House Bill 110 (HS 2 for HB 110) sponsored by House Majority Leader, Representative Melissa Minor-Brown.

Last week, Delaware held its 2024 school board elections on Tuesday, May 14, concluding the ACLU of Delaware and Delaware Voting Rights Coalition’s DVRC) third year of voter education efforts aimed at increasing voter participation and engagement in school board races.