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Current GOP efforts to make it harder to vote: list from 538
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<blockquote data-quote="mark46" data-source="post: 75945088" data-attributes="member: 257078"><p>Sounds good I suppose.</p><p></p><p>The courts have overturned Trump on over 60 occasions. They have also acted on some voter rights issues. The courts have decided NOT to legislate as much as Democrats would prefer. CLEARLY, the Congress has a role and should exercise that role by passing legislation. It just isn't right to constantly expect that courts to overstep and put themselves in place of Congress.</p><p></p><p>The reality is that states have the right to limit absentee voting. States can have almost no early voting. Early voting isn't required in any way. Those who cannot vote on Election Day need to have the ability to vote by absentee ballot as has been the case for decades. States are NOT required to have off-site drop boxes. All voting and drop offs can be limited to designated areas. And certainly absentee ballots can be restricted to those that arrive at the designated voting site by Election Day. </p><p></p><p>There is one Election Day.</p><p></p><p>That is allowed. There is no right to vote a month before, there just isn't. Sure, maximizing the opportunity to vote is a good POLICY idea. And Congress and legislatures should pass such legislation.</p><p></p><p>Is it allowed to have no early voting on Wednesdays? no early voting on Sundays? The Supreme Court is unlikely to overturn such rules, unless the legislators stupidly made clear in hearings that the purpose was to limit black votes.</p><p>==================</p><p>THAT BEING SAID</p><p>Yes, there are laws being passed that are discriminatory in that their purpose is to limit the number of black voters or young voters. Courts can act on this. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure that this is generally the case in FL. White elders and white Republican military voters will be affected in similar ways to black voters.</p><p></p><p>OBVIOUSLY, there are specific parts of new laws that are discriminatory, and those will likely be overruled by the courts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mark46, post: 75945088, member: 257078"] Sounds good I suppose. The courts have overturned Trump on over 60 occasions. They have also acted on some voter rights issues. The courts have decided NOT to legislate as much as Democrats would prefer. CLEARLY, the Congress has a role and should exercise that role by passing legislation. It just isn't right to constantly expect that courts to overstep and put themselves in place of Congress. The reality is that states have the right to limit absentee voting. States can have almost no early voting. Early voting isn't required in any way. Those who cannot vote on Election Day need to have the ability to vote by absentee ballot as has been the case for decades. States are NOT required to have off-site drop boxes. All voting and drop offs can be limited to designated areas. And certainly absentee ballots can be restricted to those that arrive at the designated voting site by Election Day. There is one Election Day. That is allowed. There is no right to vote a month before, there just isn't. Sure, maximizing the opportunity to vote is a good POLICY idea. And Congress and legislatures should pass such legislation. Is it allowed to have no early voting on Wednesdays? no early voting on Sundays? The Supreme Court is unlikely to overturn such rules, unless the legislators stupidly made clear in hearings that the purpose was to limit black votes. ================== THAT BEING SAID Yes, there are laws being passed that are discriminatory in that their purpose is to limit the number of black voters or young voters. Courts can act on this. I'm not sure that this is generally the case in FL. White elders and white Republican military voters will be affected in similar ways to black voters. OBVIOUSLY, there are specific parts of new laws that are discriminatory, and those will likely be overruled by the courts. [/QUOTE]
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