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Sonni Waknin, the managing law fellow at theย UCLA Voting Rights Projectย and a UCLA School of Law graduate, said a concerted effort to suppress voters might be at play.
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Chad Dunn, general counsel of the Texas Democratic Party, though, said itโs impermissible — as age discrimination — for the state to confer a mail-voting privilege on all Texas voters who are 65 or older, but deny it to those who are younger.
Sonja Diazย andย Laura Martinezย of theย UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Instituteย wrote an opinion piece on the importance of protecting the most vulnerable population from the COVID-19 pandemic.ย
โWhen it comes down to the constitutional rights of voters during a presidential election, I don’t think anyone is surprised that the parties are going to press the case as long as needed to get finality,โ saidย Chad Dunn, Texas Democratic Party general counsel.
At Mondayโs hearing,ย Chad Dunn, representing the Texas Democratic Party, told the court that the Texas mail-in voting law violates the 26th Amendment, which says the right to vote canโt be โdenied or abridgedโ on account of age.
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