![]() LaCour argued in his emergency appeal that state law does not allow for curbside voting and the federal courts should not be able to change state law so close to an election. The ruling also stopped the state from enforcing its voter ID requirement for some absentee voters who may be at higher risk of complications from the virus. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that Alabama could not prevent counties from offering curbside voting. LaCour filed an emergency appeal with Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday asking the high court to overrule a lower court decision that would allow counties to offer curbside voting during a July 14 runoff election, AL.com reported on Tuesday. ![]() Alabama's top lawyer is asking the Supreme Court to support voter suppression efforts during a pandemic.Įdmund LaCour, Alabama's solicitor general and a recent Trump judicial nominee, has asked the Supreme Court to make it harder for people in his state to vote amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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