The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an effort by Texas Democrats to allow all voters in the state to vote by mail as a precaution against the spreading coronavirus pandemic.
The Texas Democratic party had asked the court to expand the state's vote-by-mail procedures to allow voters "to exercise that fundamental right in the midst of a global pandemic which grows worse by the day in Texas, without risk to their health and—without hyperbole—to their lives.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a statement on Friday that she did not disagree with the Supreme Court's decision. "But I hope that the Court of Appeals will consider the merits of the legal issues in this case well in advance of the November election," Sotomayor wrote. Sotomayor said the Democrats' case "raises weighty but seemingly novel questions regarding the 26th Amendment."
The 26th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote to any U.S. citizen 18 and older.This is breaking news. Check back for updates.
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