Do you know the blow to American democracy?
On July 1, the Supreme Court ruled in “Brnovitch v. Democratic National Committee” that Arizona’s two racial discrimination voting laws do not violate the Voting Rights Act or the Constitution, overturning the Ninth Circuit. Ruling.
For former President Donald Trump’s claim that the election was stolen, Arizona has always been zero. A law in the state prohibits anyone other than relatives or caregivers from collecting absentee ballots, while another law throws away any ballots cast in the wrong district.
The Supreme Court’s ruling narrowed down the only remaining part of the Voting Rights Act, Part 2, which allows legal challenges to voting changes that put minority voters at a disadvantage.
Sean Morales-Doyle, Acting Director of the Voting Rights and Election Program at the Brennan Judicial Center at New York University School of Law, said: “The judge did not repeal the Voting Rights Act, but it caused a significant impact on this important civil rights law Damage, freedom to vote.”
“Efforts to suppress minority votes continue,” Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan wrote in a severe dissent.
Varun Nikore, executive director of the AAPI Victory Alliance, which is committed to empowering Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, said: “The AAPI community was the first to be attacked by right-wing actors who blatantly tried to restrict voting rights to win the election.”
AAPI is the fastest-growing voting group in the country-from 2016 to 2020, the number of raw votes increased by 46%, and the increase in major swing states such as Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Texas Even higher.
Nikore said: “This decision of the Supreme Court will further discriminate against our community and push nearly 10 million unregistered AAPI voters back into the shadows.”
The House of Representatives passed a bill that would set federal standards and overturn voter suppression clauses across the country, but in the Senate, opponents blocked consideration of the bill.
48 states have proposed 389 bills aimed at restricting voting, at least 28 have been passed into law, and many more are being developed. If this doesn’t scare you, it should scare you.
The only option we have left to protect the freedom of voting in this country is for Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and set national standards for the People’s Act to prevent future attacks on our freedom.
Nikore said: “In our political landscape, AAPI is often the forgotten group. This must be changed immediately, starting with a new voting rights bill to protect our AAPI voters…this is our time. Congress A new voting rights bill must be passed. This is to obstruct the bill or democracy. There is no middle.”
