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California Church Teams With ACLU, Sues Election Official Over Black Lives Matter Banners

Jeffrey Cawood

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California recently filed a lawsuit against an election official who removed a church as a polling site because of its visible support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

The court document alleges that Fresno County Registrar Brandi Orth unlawfully changed the voting location for last November’s election, violating the free speech rights of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno.

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