South Carolina violated the U.S. Constitution with its laws restricting the use of absentee voting by voters under 65, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on Tuesday.
The laws in question place distinctions on who can access a mail-in or absentee ballot and who cannot. People over 65 are given a specific carve-out in South Carolina election law, making it easiest for these voters to obtain absentee ballots.
However, voters under 65 have been more restricted in their access to such ballots. For these voters, obtaining an absentee ballot requires that they submit proof from their employer that they won’t be available on Election Day, that they are attending to a sick or disabled person, are jailed, or that they will be outside the county where they reside on Election Day. …
US Appeals Court Rejects State’s Restrictions on Absentee Ballots for Voters Under 65
