Civil Rights Groups Poised to Take Texas' Voter Suppression Law to Supreme Court
Voting advocates are signaling that they may soon ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review their long-running challenge to Texas’s sweeping voter-suppression law, S.B. 1, under Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act.
Should the justices hear the case, it could let the court’s conservative majority issue a ruling that makes it even harder to challenge restrictive voting laws going forward.
Civil rights and pro-voting organizations last month requested additional time from the Supreme Court to file a petition for review. Last week, Justice Samuel Alito granted an extension until Dec. 27 – a strong indication that an appeal is under serious consideration.
If they move forward, the plaintiffs will ask the justices to review an August appeals court ruling that upheld several key provisions of Texas’ restrictive, multi-pronged law, including bans on paid assistance with mail-in ballots, a felony prohibition on paid canvassers interacting with voters in the presence of a mail-in ballot, new disclosure requirements for voter assistors, and an expanded oath taken under penalty of perjury.
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