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WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Wednesday evening, the Supreme Court of the United States brought by the defendants in the People First of Alabama v. John Merrill litigation, thereby preventing Alabama counties from setting up curbside voting for the general election on November 3. The following statement is by Caren Short, senior staff attorney for the 澳彩开奖:聽

鈥淥nce again, the Supreme Court鈥檚 'shadow docket' 鈥� where orders are issued without written explanation 鈥� has curtailed the voting rights of vulnerable citizens amidst a once-in-a-century public health crisis. After a 2-week trial, a federal judge allowed counties in Alabama to implement curbside voting so that high-risk voters could avoid crowded polling locations. Tonight鈥檚 order prevents counties from even making that decision for themselves. Already common in counties and states around the country before 2020, curbside voting is a practice urged by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and should be a no-brainer to implement everywhere during a pandemic; the Alabama Secretary of State unfortunately disagrees, as does the Supreme Court.

鈥淛ustice Sonia Sotomayor鈥檚 dissent powerfully quotes one of our clients, Howard Porter, Jr., who is a Black Alabamian with asthma and Parkinson鈥檚 Disease in his seventies: 鈥榌S]o many of my [ancestors] even died to vote. And while I don鈥檛 mind dying to vote, I think we鈥檙e past that 鈥� we鈥檙e past that time.鈥欌��

To view the full order, along with Justice Sotomayor's written dissent that was joined by Justices Breyer and Kagan, please visit: