Supreme Court Appears Favorable to Arizona Election Integrity Lawsuits

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich urged the Supreme Court on March 2 to affirm that his state's electoral integrity laws were consistent with the federal Voting Rights Act and should be upheld.

The Supreme Court threw out a series of Republican-initiated legal challenges on Feb. 22 to voting processes and results in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin that were left over from the 2020 election cycle.

The Supreme Court agreed on Oct. 2, 2020, to hear the case at hand, which concerns efforts that Republicans say would undermine electoral integrity measures and throw the Grand Canyon State open to ballot-harvesting and out-of-precinct voting.

A fortnight ago, the Biden administration sent a letter to the court in which it appeared to acknowledge the challenged Arizona laws were consistent with the VRA. Section 2 of the VRA prevents states and localities from imposing any "Qualification or prerequisite to voting or standard, practice, or procedure in a manner which results in a denial or abridgment of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color."

"The state of Arizona endorses without qualifications the goals of the Voting Rights Act in racial discrimination and voting," he said.

No literacy test denies the right to vote and there is no "Vote dilution where white bloc voting denies minorities an equal opportunity to elect. Everyone here is eligible and registered to vote. All they have to do is utilize the myriad opportunities that Arizona has offered them over 27 days to vote by mail for free or in person. And since there's no denial of opportunity, this is a disparate impact claim that would not even be cognizable in other contexts."

Brnovich told the court that Arizona's laws are consistent with the VRA. "Requiring in-person voters to cast their ballots at assigned precincts ensures that they can vote in local races and helps officials monitor for fraud. Restricting early ballot collections by third parties, including political operatives, protects against voter coercion and preserves ballot secrecy. Arizona urges this Court to adopt a clear and workable test for voter denial claims that allows states to properly regulate their elections."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/uphold-arizonas-electoral-integrity-laws-supreme-court-urged_3717989.html