Placing the names on ballots to provide an advantage in so-called 'donkey votes' are among the disputes that have generated a record number of lawsuits over the Nov. 3 election.
, including at least one that was unsealed. Alex Mendez, a councilman-elect, was charged with collecting ballots for delivery and submitting registration applications he knew to be false.
Another contentious facet of elections deals with updating registration lists when voters die or move. Judicial Watch sued Pennsylvania in an effort to remove ineligible voters from the rolls in three populous counties: Bucks, Chester and Delaware. The state has 800,000 inactive registrations, according to the lawsuit.
“We have serious concerns that eligible voters in these three counties could be illegally purged from voter registration rolls,” said Adriel Cepeda Derieux, an attorney with the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project.Voter identification remains a pesky legal issue. Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams denied that the photo ID law placed an unreasonable burden on voters. The case is unresolved.
In Georgia, the Black Voters Matter Fund argued in a federal lawsuit that while the wealthy might not miss 55 cents for a stamp, lower-income voters could find the cost a burden and younger voters don’t use stamps because of online transactions. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg declined May 15 to force Georgia to cover postage for the June 9 primary, calling proposed remedies"not realistic or implementable" after tens of thousands of ballots were already mailed out. She cited an 11th Circuit decision that refused to force neighboring Florida to pay for postage for absentee ballots.
Most states restore felons' right to vote after their sentences and parole are complete. Florida is among 11 states with the most restrictive rules, according to the. Florida adopted a state constitutional amendment in 2018 to allow felons to vote after completing their sentences. But a state law required the felons to pay outstanding fines and restitution before voting.
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