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Alabama has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the nation.
Under a new law, anyone who assists a voter with ordering, filling or delivering an absentee ballot application could face up to a 20-year prison sentence.
30 percent of all eligible voters in Alabama who are disabled have travel-limiting disabilities, chronic illnesses, compromised immune systems or other reasons they may not be able to get to the polls on Election Day .
This April , a coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court to block SB 1 .
The suit argues that this work constitutes “the essence of First Amendment expression,” and SB 1 is a violation of this constitutional right.
Disabled voters are among those most concerned.
As litigation around SB 1 continues, voters across Alabama are preparing for a nation-defining election under some of the country’s most restrictive voting laws, with fewer places to turn for needed support. “Where the right to vote is restricted, civic organizations usually help fill that gap between the bad laws and voter engagement,” Richardson said. “By restricting and cutting off that assistance, it is just further marginalizing historically marginalized voters.”.
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