Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40,000 Arizonans from voting in November

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Source: Los Angeles Times

By David G. Savage
Staff Writer
Aug. 19, 2024 3 AM PT

WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee is urging the Supreme Court to intervene in an Arizona election dispute this week and block up to 40,000 of the state’s registered voters from casting ballots in the presidential race.

Republican state lawmakers say these voters did not provide proof of their citizenship when they were registered and now they should be barred from from voting in person or by mail.

Although Congress made it easier for Americans to register to vote, those federal rules cannot override “the Arizona Legislature’s sovereign authority to determine the qualifications of voters and structure participation in its elections,” they said in an emergency appeal filed Aug. 9.

The fast-track appeal may signal whether the conservative court is ready to intervene in partisan election disputes. The Arizona Republicans asked for a decision by Thursday because counties will soon begin to print ballots.


Read more: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-08-19/republicans-urge-supreme-court-to-block-40-000-arizonans-from-voting-for-president-in-november

[GreenWave]

1. They purge lists. Probably omitted the thousands of likely GOP voters, then cry for justice.

[Think. Again.]

2. Here are 2 easy ways anyone, anywhere, can check your registration...

https://iwillvote.com/
(be sure to choose YOUR state from the dropdown menu)

https://vote.gov/

Check often, especially if you live in a state where rightwingers can effect voter registrations.

See ya in November!

[C0RI0LANUS]

3. Thank you-- this works.

[dickthegrouch]

5. Please make this an OP

And mods should pin it to something

[Think. Again.]

9. I plan to be really annoying...

...and to keep posting in every appropriate thread.

[dickthegrouch]

10. That'll work too!

Except we can't bookmark it in the middle of a thread for reference to it every week.

But thank you, be as annoying as you like!

[Think. Again.]

11. Please, please, PLEASE spread it far and wide!

[travelingthrulife]

4. All rules for federal voting should be federally standardized.

Provide the rules, provide the set up. These states can muck up their state and local elections as they see fit. I think if the basic federally required set up is there they wouldn't bother so much with corrupting their state and local elections.
When people move to another state they shouldn't be penalized in federal elections for doing so.
People that fear voting are trying to cheat.

[SCantiGOP]

6. I would go a step further

And federalize primaries. Since every voter is going to end up with a basic choice between two candidates, there should be a uniform process for selecting those people.
NH, Iowa and SC are not typical of other states, so why should they get to pick the candidates every cycle?
I like the idea of rotating regional primaries each election cycle - 10 states at a time, with regional primaries every two weeks.

[SKKY]

7. Legit AF! Great thanks for this.

[Figarosmom]

8. Arizona requires drivers licience or

Id to vote. Those are only given to citizens in Arizona so whT is the problem? GOP making up things again. So is Supreme Court so bent they'll go along with this crap?