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https://www.al.com/news/2021/07/alabama-naacp-calls-arizona-voting-laws-upheld-by-supreme-court-cruel-and-calculated.html
see full report...People voting for the GOP Republcan Party vote for
their policies and not along racist or white supremacist lines...Would I
be right in that proposition? Discuss...😉
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The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP said the U.S. Supreme Court’s
decision to uphold two Arizona voting laws opens the door for states to
pass laws to make it harder for minorities to vote.
The organization said in a statement released Friday that laws like
those upheld by the justices are “cruel and calculated.”
The Democratic National Committee and other plaintiffs challenged the
constitutionality of an Arizona law that says votes won’t be counted if
voters cast them in the wrong precinct. And they challenged an Arizona
law passed in 2016 that makes it a crime for any person other than a
postal worker, an election official, or a voter’s household member,
relative, or caregiver to knowingly collect an early ballot either
before or after it has been completed.
The plaintiffs said the laws adversely affected minority voters. They
said the restriction on collecting ballots was passed with the intent to
discriminate against minorities.
A district judge rejected their claims. But the 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals sided with the plaintiffs.
The Supreme Court overturned that decision. Justice Samuel Alito wrote
the opinion, supported by the conservative majority in a 6-3 decision.
“The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP believes that Arizona and
other republican legislatures that are adding more restrictions to
voters are cruel and calculated,” Benard Simelton, president of the
Alabama NAACP, said in a press release. “The Supreme Court wrongfully
believes access to the polls are equal for all people, in which it is
not. We call on congress to pass voter protections through legislative
measures like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and For The
People Act to provide equal access to the polls.”
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would restore a part of the
Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013. That ruling
eliminated a requirement for states with a history of racially biased
voting practices to get approval from the Justice Department before
changing any election laws. The For the People Act would include
provisions such as requiring states to allow people to register on
election day and allowing in-person voting on days before election day.
In the ruling upholding the Arizona laws, the Supreme Court found that
Arizona laws generally make voting easy, allowing early voting up to 27
days before an election either by mail or in-person. The justices found
that the two challenged Arizona laws do not violate the Voting Rights
Act and that law restricting early ballot collection was not intended to
discriminate based on race.
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