St. Paul, Minn. – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota launched its new Vote No 2012 political fund. The purpose of the ballot question political fund is to defend the Minnesota Constitution from amendments that limit civil rights and individual freedoms.
Vote No 2012 is made up of members & staff of the ACLU of Minnesota. The purpose of the campaign is to mobilize ACLU-MN supporters, inform Minnesotans and work with coalitions to deliver "NO" votes in November 2012.
With over 8,500 members, and 25,000 supporters statewide the ACLU-MN will work to mobilize these individuals within their community to be rights activists. The ACLU-MN will be doing a tour of the state in 2012 to educate and mobilize Minnesotans to vote no.
"We couldn't stand idly by when we see the Legislature using the Constitution to limit the rights of Minnesotan's citizens," stated Charles Samuelson. "So the Vote No 2012 campaign will work with anyone committed to supporting the individual rights of Minnesota's citizens."
"Minnesota's Constitution should never be amended to serve the political agenda of any one group," said Leslie Sandberg, Chair of the Vote No 2012 Committee. "Vote No 2012 was created fight against any amendment that would place prejudice and discrimination over rights and freedoms in our Constitution."