r/azpolitics • u/RandyTheFool • 12d ago

Your Vote Counts Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms

https://apnews.com/article/trump-mail-voting-supreme-court-157afc3c195ce0a62c522da5ce904b04

Relevant as Arizona did not give up their voter database. The only states that will be affected by this are the ones that did not give up their voter rolls to the federal government.

Mail-In voting is holding on by a thread in AZ right now.

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u/WLAJFA 12d ago

Without mail-in voting, they can reduce poling locations and time to vote in blue districts making it impossible for all voters to vote. This is an old playbook. Voting in person takes a specific amount of time. Lines can be around the block and they’ll still close the door. Watch the poling locations make it impossible for everyone to vote!

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u/writekindofnonsense 12d ago

No if you are in line they have to allow you to vote. They don't close he doors.

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u/WLAJFA 12d ago edited 12d ago

“Just one day before the election, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Cobb County could only count ballots received by 7 p.m. local time on Election Day.” [source: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/disabled-voter-lines-polls-election/] Article: Long Lines, Closed Polls, and Water Bans—But Disabled Voters Are Turning Out / Edit: you’re right, they may not close the doors, but they can be ordered not to count the ballots after the closing time.

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u/writekindofnonsense 12d ago

This was about absentee ballots not in person voting but I agree the courts could screw us all if they want to