Alabama Won't Take No for An Answer, Asks SCOTUS to Stop Curbside Voting During Pandemic
Source: Law & Crime
The State of Alabama has now appealed the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision denying a stay in a case about voting rights during the pandemic. Alabama tried to require absentee voters to produce copies of identification records and notarized ballots, and also, essentially prohibited curbside voting.
A group of Americans over age 65 with health conditions took issue with that, claiming that the requirements placed them at particular risk of contracting COVID-19. Both the District Court and the Circuit Court ruled against Alabama and in favor of the at-risk voters. U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon called Alabama’s arguments “underwhelming,” and pointed out that creating extra health risks for already at-risk voters during a global pandemic was unsafe and unnecessary. The Circuit Court agreed, writing that it was unduly burdensome to force “high-risk Alabamians to vote in-person inside a polling place in contravention of the CDC’s and Alabama’s recommendation to minimize in-person interactions.”
Now, the July 14 runoff in Alabama is nearly upon us.
In Alabama’s pending petition for an emergency stay filed before Justice Clarence Thomas, Alabama challenged the Circuit Court’s finding that the state’s conditions on absentee voting “reflects a serious lack of understanding of or disregard for the science and facts involved here.”
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/alabama-won-t-take-no-for-an-answer-asks-scotus-to-stop-curbside-voting-during-pandemic/ar-BB16d6u5?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP
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It's like they want us to die or something. 
