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ACLU Names Veteran Diplomat Executive Director Of South Carolina Office (10/30/2008)
CHARLESTON, SC – The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the appointment of Victoria Middleton, a career U.S. diplomat who has worked on three continents promoting the constitutional principles of democracy and freedom, as the new Executive Director of the ACLU South Carolina Office.

ACLU Survey Reveals Elections Officials Lack Knowledge Of Voting Rules (09/17/2008)
COLUMBIA, SC – The American Civil Liberties Union today released the results of a survey of state elections officials which reveal widespread misunderstanding of the laws governing the right to vote of citizens with criminal records, endangering the voting rights of many in a presidential election year.

ACLU Calls For Independent Audit Of South Carolina Department Of Corrections (08/26/2008)
CHARLESTON, SC – The American Civil Liberties Union's South Carolina Office today called on state officials to ask the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to perform an independent audit of the South Carolina Department of Corrections in the face of charges of lax security, inmate abuse and a politicized, hostile work environment. The Legislative Audit Council last week scrapped a plan to survey the department's employees after the department's director charged that the effort was politically motivated.

ACLU's South Carolina Office Conducting Online Survey To Assess State's Civil Liberties Needs (08/21/2008)
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union's South Carolina Office is conducting a web-based survey to help determine the most important services and programs for the ACLU to provide in communities throughout the state.

ACLU Challenges South Carolina's Unconstitutional Ballot Access Law In Federal Court (08/07/2008)
COLUMBIA, SC – In the first case of its kind, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging the South Carolina election rules that prevent a candidate seeking the nomination of more than one political party from appearing on the general election ballot if that candidate wins one party's nomination but loses another's. South Carolina is one of only four states that permits fusion voting, which allows multiple political parties to nominate the same candidate, but also has a so-called "sore loser" statute disqualifying candidates who have been selected by one party but rejected by another. The ACLU brought this legal challenge on behalf of the state Green Party, a disqualified candidate for the state House of Representatives and a South Carolina voter.

ACLU Opens New South Carolina Office Today (07/02/2008)
CHARLESTON, SC – The American Civil Liberties Union opened its new South Carolina Office today, marking the creation of a new and powerful voice on behalf of civil liberties across the state.

ACLU To Open New South Carolina Office (06/26/2008)
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The American Civil Liberties Union will announce the opening of its new South Carolina Office July 2 at a press conference and ceremonial ribbon-cutting that will include Charleston Mayor Joe Riley and a host of other political and community leaders.