May 7, 2024

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U.S. Supreme Court upholds Arizona election laws

U.S.  Supreme Court upholds Arizona election laws

Democratic President Joe Biden told himself Severe depression By this judgment, according to him, Dig The Code of Conduct on the Right to Vote, passed in 1965 as part of the civil rights struggle.

The Republican Party, by contrast, welcomed it A spectacular victory for electoral integrity.

Six traditional judges of the court defended their decision based on the need to fight election fraud. Their three progressive comrades separated themselves and even condemned the verdict Tragic who Abyss The Voting Rights Act 1965.

This landmark text is aimed at ending the laws that keep black voters for years in elections in the Southern United States, under the guise of tests of literacy or common sense.

The Supreme Court has already invalidated the first part of the text in 2013, which requires former separatist states to get the green light from the federal government before adopting new electoral rules.

She addressed Thursday the second part of a law that prohibits the adoption of any rule that restricts access to the vote of a minority group, even if it is not written in black and white, or intentional discrimination.

In Arizona, the Supreme Court upheld two electoral laws with limited scope approved by the Republican majority.

One is prohibited from giving one’s pre-voting ballot to a third party so that it can be left at the polling station unless it is a family member. Another is that ballots deposited in an office different from the office where the voter is registered are ineligible.

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Progressive judges do not agree

Arizona laws a Inequality in the rate of participation, Especially the tribal people in the communities recognized the Supreme Court.

But just because there is a gap does not mean that the system will never open., Wrote Samuel Alito, a conservative judge on behalf of the majority.

Of strong and fully legitimate interestFraud Prevention State, Believing it to be justified, continued Burden Imposed on voters.

The court’s three progressive judges strongly disagreed.

The court will again weaken the law which is a monument in America [qui] It protects her from her lower instincts.

A quote from:Elena Kagan, Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Political share is strong: In the United States, minorities primarily vote for the Democratic Party. During the presidential election, mobilizing black voters played a big role in favor of Joe Biden.

For outgoing President Donald Trump, the election took place Rigd, Due to the heavy use of early elections. Despite not giving any evidence to support his allegations, Republican-elected officials in several states have tightened their electoral laws since January in the name of fighting fraud.

For Democrats, the new restrictions will make it even harder for minorities to access the ballot box. They took legal action to invalidate these laws, and the Department of Justice also took the matter to the courts. Against a text from Georgia.

The decision of the Supreme Court today complicates the chances of the appeal being successful.

It needs more to fight for adoption in Congress The law protecting the right to vote, Joe Biden announced, prevented Republican senators from sending a text in this direction.

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Democracy is in danger, He said again, denying Attack on civil rights.

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