The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court order that would have cleared the way for more people in Alabama to vote by absentee ballot during the Covid-19 pandemic
The vote was 5-4. The liberal bloc of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan noted their dissent.Alabama allows any registered voter to vote absentee. At issue in the case are state requirements that require a copy of a voter's identification to accompany an absentee ballot as well as a voter affidavit that has been notarized or signed by two witnesses.
The state says the measures were enacted to protect absentee ballot fraud and pointed out that during the pandemic it has taken"extraordinary measures," including issuing a state of emergency and entering a series of orders meant to protect health.Read MoreBut four voters who are elderly or disabled joined with voting rights groups to challenge the requirements, arguing they violated the right to vote. They also challenged the state's ban on curbside voting.
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