The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lower court ruling that would have eased voting restrictions in Alabama during the coronavirus pandemic.
To vote by absentee ballot in Alabama, the state requires residents to send a copy of a photo ID and requires that the ballot be signed by two witnesses or notarized.
In June, a U.S. District Judge in Birmingham issued a ruling to waive the requirement that voters in three counties obtain their ballots notarized or witnessed by two adults and waived the photo identification requirement for older residents. 65 years or have a disability.
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Judge Abdul Kallon, appointed by former President Obama, also said the state cannot prohibit local officials from allowing voting at the scene during the pandemic.
However, in a 5-4 vote in ideological terms, the Supreme Court blocked the ruling until at least one appeal process occurs.
The ruling will have a direct effect on the state’s Republican Senate second-round primary election on July 14. Originally scheduled for March, the second round between the former attorney general Jeff Sessions
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Sessions was expelled as attorney general for President Trump
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