"That’s an example that some would say is a political manoeuvre to keep potentially more progressive university students from the polls and make it harder for them to vote," she added. Voting rights organisations point out that many cannot afford to pay. "The court's decision on the narrow question before the court should not be viewed as expressing an opinion on the broader question of whether to hold the election, or whether other reforms or modifications in election procedures in light of COVID-19 are appropriate," the opinion stated. "The U.S. Supreme Court has just written a new election law in Wisconsin.".
The Brennan Centre for Justice said that US election jurisdictions with histories of "egregious voter discrimination" were purging voter rolls at a rate 40% beyond the national average. Stealing Elections via Voter Suppression: Supreme Court OK’s the Practice by Greg Palast June 22, 2018 September 23, 2020. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned in a scathing dissent that the right-wing majority's ruling "will result in massive disenfranchisement.
In 2016, 56% of people turned out. Oh man. © RTÉ 2020. In 2016, Donald Trump won the state by just over 44,000 votes. In Ohio and Texas, Republicans have limited the number of drop boxes to just one per county - meaning both rural and urban locations have the same number of drop boxes. However in 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that it was no longer necessary to enforce it, meaning there would be little oversight by the federal government if state officials and legislators wanted to change their election rules.
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This resulted in urban areas, where there are more Democrats living, getting the same number of early voting sites as urban communities. Every day of the week, we publish the most important breaking news & views for the progressive community. "Many of us might change our signature of the years. There are many battles to be won, but we will battle them together—all of us. This is a tragic day for democracy."
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority Monday night was accused of green-lighting "one of the most brazen acts of voter suppression in modern times" after the body overturned a lower court ruling that extended the absentee voting deadline in Wisconsin by six days in an effort to allow people to more safely exercise the franchise amid the coronavirus pandemic. — Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) April 7, 2020, Shauntay Nelson, Wisconsin state director of advocacy group All Voting Is Local, said the Supreme Court's decision "defies common sense and threatens to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin voters. They argued for an extension to the deadlines for mail-in ballots to be counted.
Without Your Support We Simply Don't Exist. To remain an independent news source, we do not advertise, sell subscriptions or accept corporate contributions. Nor should its results be treated as indisputably legitimate. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said in a statement that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision "raises grave concerns" that the right-wing body is "poised to unnecessarily interject itself in voting rights battles this presidential election season. She points to Texas, where a student cannot use their university of Texas ID to vote but someone who has a concealed gun permit can. If naked ballots arrive for the election count without the secrecy envelope, they are thrown out. There are many battles to be won, but we will battle them together—all of us. The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority Monday night was accused of green-lighting "one of the most brazen acts of voter suppression in modern times" after the body overturned a lower court ruling that extended the absentee voting deadline in Wisconsin by six days in an effort to allow people to more safely exercise the franchise amid the coronavirus pandemic. The count, which largely is conducted by door-to-door in-person visits by census takers, had been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Those minutes are nothing compared to the hours some voters face in the United States. The decision rewards Wisconsin Republicans and GOP groups that led the legal challenge against the extension of absentee voting until April 13. You don't get to vote.
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Slurred and addled, the Biggest Loser has given us "the single worst moment in American presidential history" by raving, "I f you count the legal votes, I easily win" and vomiting so many frenzied lies that an aghast media - getting it right four years too late - cut away from him. ", "The lower court judge changed the date, but did not add a postmark," DeFour said. Tens of thousands of Wisconsinites will not receive their absentee ballots by Election Day BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THOUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. Compare that with 87% in Sweden’s 2018 general election and 65% in Ireland’s election in 2016.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, saying that “the harms associated with an inaccurate census are avoidable and intolerable. But we can't do it alone. Thank you. There is one envelope for the ballot and then that envelope is put into what’s called a ‘secrecy envelope’. Nor should its results be treated as indisputably legitimate. Matthew DeFour, state politics editor at the Wisconsin State Journal, noted on Twitter following the ruling that "there is no postmark requirement in state law. Armed Suspected QAnon Supporters Arrested Over Alleged Plot to Attack Philadelphia Convention Center, Thanks to GOP, Next President Inherits a Devastated Economy With Millions Out of Work. This is no way to run a democracy.". Early voting A voter enters an early voting polling location in Texas Common Dreams is not your normal news site. But Anderson Cooper won the night: "We see him...an obese turtle on his back, flailing in the hot sun. Russia described the claims as "absolutely groundless". However in the Republican state legislature, new laws were passed requiring former felons to pay off any debts before they could vote. Feel free to republish and share widely. About one million more voters have requested absentee ballots in this election than in 2016.
Using data compiled by Georgia Public Broadcasting and investigative journalism group ProPublica, Stanford political scientist, Jonathan Rodden, found that polling places where more than 90% of active registered voters were minorities, the average minimum waiting time was 51 minutes.
Box 443Portland, ME 04112-0443USA, Common Dreams is a small nonprofit with a big mission. The U.S. Supreme Court's five conservatives just said: "Too bad. The legal path of this issue is complicated, although the societal implications are not. Critics say it dilutes the vote or makes it hyper-concentrated, creating a dilution in other places. A Senate inquiry in 2019 concluded that a Russian fake-news campaign targeted "no single group... more than African-Americans.". It says almost 6 million Americans with felony convictions are prevented from voting. In a 5-4 decision (pdf) along ideological lines, the high court ruled that Wisconsin voters must hand-deliver their absentee ballots by the end of the day Tuesday or have them postmarked April 7 if their ballot is to be counted. With a charged political climate and voters wanting to avoid large crowds on election day due to the pandemic, we have seen images and videos from across the US of people in long queues waiting to vote. States, in mostly southern areas, had to get federal pre-clearance before making changes to its voting systems and infrastructure. Originally the Trump administration said the count would continue through Oct. 31 and the results could be submitted in April 2021. It Took Just Two. Trump's Brazen Attack on Our Democracy... Biden Might Just Eek This Out, But Even the Best-Case Scenario Is Pretty Dismal, Regardless of Who Wins This Election, America Is Lost, Media Fail to Prepare Public for Potential Trump Coup.
As a result, a large number of voters—at least tens of thousands—won't get their ballot until after Election Day.". In September, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that naked ballots violate the law.
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross had filed an emergency petition with the high court for a stay of a federal appeals court ruling that said the census count should continue because a significant number of minorities and others in hard-to-count communities if the count ended early. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg described the decision as throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. Critics say there is more at play. Seven years after that Supreme Court decision, here are some of the voter suppression issues which have emerged in 2020.