The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit refused to reinstate a de facto ban on curbside voting that Alabama’s Secretary of State John Merrill (R) has tried to impose in the state. The appeals court did, however, revive restrictions on absentee voting that had been loosened for the pandemic by a federal judge.
Pretty amazing the lengths Republicans go to to make voting more difficult and less safe.
The thing Republicans fear most: voters.
Actually, they would like to eliminate all voting except for “qualified white men who own land.”
and if you want to get real, " qualified RICH white men who own land"
If They could figure out a way to eliminate voting they would be good with that
Just a theocratic, white, ruling entity would suit them fine
Merrill’s argument violates the 10th Amendment…anything not in law is left to the people, so if curbside voting is not in the law then it is allowed, and that can only change from legislation. Pretty sad to see a government official and a judge state the opposite, but Republicans are big on dictatorship right now.
Merrill’s plan to go to the Supreme Court seems to tip the hand of the entire GOP, does it not? Isn’t he stepping on Trump’s strategy?
Remember preclearance? Fuck the conservative SCOTUS
Trumpers: “We have nothing to fear, but the voters themselves!”
… careful … they have some pretty tightly defined criteria regarding who is and isn’t in the category of
“qualified white men” … remember they gotta speak English without any furrin accents … and none of those Hebrews…
The de facto ban on curbside voting will be allowed by the SCOTUS on the principle of IOKIYAR
Gee, wasn’t Judge Lagoa on 45’s “short list”? Quelle surprise…
I used to think that federalized procedures for national elections would be a great thing. Now that we’ve witnessed the election of someone openly hostile to voting, I’m revisiting that idea. At least with states in charge, you have a chance in many of them to have a reasonably fair vote. I deliberately exclude the ex-Confederate and other red states from that category, of course.
Gee, wouldn’t it be easier if the gop just had decent policies and honest candidates?