The ACLU has issued a press release decrying today's passage of the Election Reform Bill.

"In response to tonight's expected passage of election reform legislation that has been touted by supporters as a cure for America's flawed voting system, the American Civil Liberties Union said that the bill would disenfranchise whole classes of Americans by erecting new bureaucratic hurdles for voters."

"This bill turns back the clock on four decades of voting rights advances," said LaShawn Warren, an ACLU Legislative Counsel. "Instead of making sure that the voting process is inclusive, this bill provides the tools to excludes people from the voting process, negatively impacting the elderly, the disabled, racial and ethnic minorities, students and the poor. Not only does this bill make it more difficult to vote, it makes it more difficult to register to vote."