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Source: Fox News
Summary
A federal court in South Carolina ruled that the state’s mail-in voting rules violated the constitution. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals found that allowing voters over 65 to vote by mail without restrictions while imposing conditions on younger voters was unconstitutional. The case was brought by younger voters who argued the rule violated the 26th Amendment. The ruling sends the case back to lower courts with instructions to resolve the issue. South Carolina plans to appeal, potentially reaching the Supreme Court.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
Voters over 65 get easier access to mail-in voting.
Younger voters face stricter rules.
Courts keep revisiting the same rules.
The process repeats itself, as if it were a routine.
Author: Evan Null
South Carolina’s Mail-In Voting Ruling
A federal court in South Carolina ruled that the state’s mail-in voting rules violated the constitution. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals found that allowing voters over 65 to vote by mail without restrictions while imposing conditions on younger voters was unconstitutional. The case was brought by younger voters who argued the rule violated the 26th Amendment.
The ruling sends the case back to lower courts with instructions to resolve the issue. South Carolina plans to appeal, potentially reaching the Supreme Court. The decision comes as the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a favorable ruling for President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail-in ballots across the country.
Former White House deputy counsel Gene Hamilton said federal agencies such as the Postal Service can now move forward with parts of Trump’s election-integrity order, including new ballot-mail standards and efforts involving state citizenship lists. Opposing states wait to see which concrete federal actions could form the basis of new lawsuits.
Further litigation is expected on that front as well. The case arose after a group of younger voters sued the South Carolina Elections Commission in 2023. A lower court initially dismissed their argument, but the case continued on appeal until it appeared before the Fourth Circuit.
The new ruling sends the case back to lower courts with specific instructions on how to decide the case. Gregory wrote that either all South Carolina voters must be entitled to vote absentee without restrictions, or none of them can be.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that South Carolina’s mail-in voting rules violated the constitution. The court found that allowing voters over 65 to vote by mail without restrictions while imposing conditions on younger voters was unconstitutional. The case was brought by younger voters who argued the rule violated the 26th Amendment.
The ruling sends the case back to lower courts with instructions to resolve the issue. South Carolina plans to appeal, potentially reaching the Supreme Court. The decision comes as the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a favorable ruling for President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail-in ballots across the country.
Former White House deputy counsel Gene Hamilton said federal agencies such as the Postal Service can now move forward with parts of Trump’s election-integrity order, including new ballot-mail standards and efforts involving state citizenship lists. Opposing states wait to see which concrete federal actions could form the basis of new lawsuits.
Further litigation is expected on that front as well. The case arose after a group of younger voters sued the South Carolina Elections Commission in 2023. A lower court initially dismissed their argument, but the case continued on appeal until it appeared before the Fourth Circuit.
The new ruling sends the case back to lower courts with specific instructions on how to decide the case. Gregory wrote that either all South Carolina voters must be entitled to vote absentee without restrictions, or none of them can be.
26th Amendment and Voting Rights
The case was brought by younger voters who argued the rule violated the 26th Amendment. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals found that allowing voters over 65 to vote by mail without restrictions while imposing conditions on younger voters was unconstitutional. The ruling sends the case back to lower courts with instructions to resolve the issue.
South Carolina plans to appeal, potentially reaching the Supreme Court. The decision comes as the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a favorable ruling for President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail-in ballots across the country.
Former White House deputy counsel Gene Hamilton said federal agencies such as the Postal Service can now move forward with parts of Trump’s election-integrity order, including new ballot-mail standards and efforts involving state citizenship lists. Opposing states wait to see which concrete federal actions could form the basis of new lawsuits.
Further litigation is expected on that front as well. The case arose after a group of younger voters sued the South Carolina Elections Commission in 2023. A lower court initially dismissed their argument, but the case continued on appeal until it appeared before the Fourth Circuit.
The new ruling sends the case back to lower courts with specific instructions on how to decide the case. Gregory wrote that either all South Carolina voters must be entitled to vote absentee without restrictions, or none of them can be.
Supreme Court and Mail-In Ballots
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a largely favorable ruling for President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail-in ballots across the country. The decision came the same week that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against South Carolina’s mail-in voting rules. The ruling sends the case back to lower courts with instructions to resolve the issue.
South Carolina plans to appeal, potentially reaching the Supreme Court. The case was brought by younger voters who argued the rule violated the 26th Amendment. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals found that allowing voters over 65 to vote by mail without restrictions while imposing conditions on younger voters was unconstitutional.
Former White House deputy counsel Gene Hamilton said federal agencies such as the Postal Service can now move forward with parts of Trump’s election-integrity order, including new ballot-mail standards and efforts involving state citizenship lists. Opposing states wait to see which concrete federal actions could form the basis of new lawsuits.
Further litigation is expected on that front as well. The case arose after a group of younger voters sued the South Carolina Elections Commission in 2023. A lower court initially dismissed their argument, but the case continued on appeal until it appeared before the Fourth Circuit.
The new ruling sends the case back to lower courts with specific instructions on how to decide the case. Gregory wrote that either all South Carolina voters must be entitled to vote absentee without restrictions, or none of them can be.
Legal Process and Appeals
The case arose after a group of younger voters sued the South Carolina Elections Commission in 2023. A lower court initially dismissed their argument, but the case continued on appeal until it appeared before the Fourth Circuit. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state’s mail-in voting rules violated the constitution.
The ruling sends the case back to lower courts with instructions to resolve the issue. South Carolina plans to appeal, potentially reaching the Supreme Court. The decision comes as the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a favorable ruling for President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail-in ballots across the country.
Former White House deputy counsel Gene Hamilton said federal agencies such as the Postal Service can now move forward with parts of Trump’s election-integrity order, including new ballot-mail standards and efforts involving state citizenship lists. Opposing states wait to see which concrete federal actions could form the basis of new lawsuits.
Further litigation is expected on that front as well. The case was brought by younger voters who argued the rule violated the 26th Amendment. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals found that allowing voters over 65 to vote by mail without restrictions while imposing conditions on younger voters was unconstitutional.
The new ruling sends the case back to lower courts with specific instructions on how to decide the case. Gregory wrote that either all South Carolina voters must be entitled to vote absentee without restrictions, or none of them can be.
