U.S. Supreme Court blocks curbside voting in Alabama

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Alabama argued it would be confusing to change ballot rules

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A voter places their ballot in a curbside ballot drop box to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the Maryland U.S. presidential primary election as other voters stand in a long line waiting to cast their votes in College Park, Md. on June 2, 2020.The U.S.

U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon last month ruled that some of Alabama’s election rules will cause sick or elderly voters to “likely face a painful and difficult choice between exercising their fundamental right to vote and safeguarding their health, which could prevent them from casting a vote in upcoming elections.”Kallon said Alabama can’t prevent local election officials from offering curbside voting at in-person polling locations in the July 14 runoff.

Alabama argued that it would be confusing to change absentee ballot rules in three of Alabama’s 67 counties and that curbside voting would be a major change done right before the election. “But this dichotomy between voting and safety is false, even during COVID-19. The individual plaintiffs in this case regularly see at least one other person. Can they really not find a safe way to have a second person watch them sign a piece of paper?” lawyers for the state wrote in their petition to the Supreme Court.

 

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