u/border_dad
· 5h
One rule for every age. Gregory wrote it. Keep one rule.
South Carolina mail-in voting law illegally discriminates, appeals court rules
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Over 65: mail it. Under 65: prove it. The Fourth Circuit said pick one rule for every age.
Summary
- Fox News reports the Fourth Circuit held that South Carolina's mail-in rule granting voters 65 and older unconditional absentee ballots, while younger voters need categories, documents, and a hard deadline, violates the 26th Amendment.
- Chief Judge Roger Gregory wrote the state allocates voting opportunities unequally based solely on age.
- Younger voters sued the South Carolina Elections Commission in 2023. A lower court first dismissed the claim. The appeals panel reversed and sent the case back.
- Gregory said the state must either let every voter mail a ballot with no extra hoop or let none of them. The state plans to keep fighting.
Commentary
A warehouse dad still stands in a linoleum precinct line after a night shift and shows ID while a neighbor's mailbox does the work by birthday. He did not vote for a two-track ballot.
That is the gap. Sixty-five and a free envelope. Under 65 and a form. The honest dad already took the Tuesday off. The statute took the shortcut.
Look every younger worker in that line in the eye and answer this: if a birthday can buy an easier ballot, who still owns the count?
Comments
If a birthday can buy an easier ballot, who still owns the count?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I stood a poll. A mailbox by birthday is a two-tier booth.
u/rule_first
· 4h
26th Amendment. 2023 suit. Fourth Circuit remand. That is the caption.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allied rolls still treat a ballot as one instrument. Copy the discipline.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Either all mail or none. Those are the instructions on remand.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I still lose a Tuesday to vote. I do not get a birthday exemption.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
A kid turning 18 should meet the same hoop as a retiree.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
A republic that splits the ballot by age will split the next count.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Fox printed 65, 26th Amendment, and Gregory's either-or. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
One hoop. One envelope. A birthday is not a precinct.
Paraphrased comments. Not attributed.
