{"id":2471,"date":"2020-08-03T17:46:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T17:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2020-08-03T17:46:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T17:46:03","slug":"court-of-appeals-upholds-alabama-voter-id-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=2471","title":{"rendered":"Court of Appeals Upholds Alabama Voter ID Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tensions are at an all time high between those who wish to destroy, and those who wish to make America better for future generations.\u00a0 No matter what side of the political spectrum you are on, it is imperative for every American’s vote to count, without fraud or interference. Judicial Watch and (AEF) Allied Educational Foundation have been working behind the scenes to help make that happen. While America has been distracted by riots, protests, police brutality, Coronavirus, Lockdowns, etc… Judicial Watch and (AEF) have been fighting in court to make your vote count.<\/p>\n

On July 31, 2020 Judicial Watch reported<\/a> a huge win on behalf of all the people of Alabama who want to have their voices heard by casting their vote in a fair and free election.<\/p>\n

(Washington, DC) \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Judicial Watch today announced that the\u00a0U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit\u00a0adopted the argument<\/a>\u00a0put forth by Judicial Watch and Allied Educational Foundation (AEF) in their\u00a0amici curiae<\/i>\u00a0brief<\/a>\u00a0when it upheld Alabama\u2019s 2011 Photo Voter Identification Law. The court ruled the law does not violate the 14th<\/sup>\u00a0or 15th<\/sup>\u00a0Amendments or the Voting Rights Act and that the anti-voter ID plaintiffs failed to demonstrate the Alabama law causes the denial or abridgment of the right to vote on account of race.<\/p>\n

The appellate panel majority found:<\/p>\n

The burden of providing a photo ID \u2026 in order to vote is a minimal burden on Alabama\u2019s voters\u2014especially when Alabama accepts so many different forms of photo ID and makes acquiring one simple and free for voters who lack a valid ID but wish to obtain one.<\/p>\n

The Circuit Court\u2019s ruling affirmed a lower-court ruling in\u00a0Greater Birmingham Ministries, et al. v. Secretary of State of Alabama\u00a0<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(No. 2:15-cv-02193),\u00a0in which the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama upheld the Alabama Voter Photo ID Law in a decision handed down January 10, 2018. When the plaintiffs appealed the ruling, Judicial Watch, in conjunction with AEF, filed an\u00a0<\/span>amici curiae<\/i><\/span>\u00a0brief supporting the Act\u2019s constitutionality.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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