With what could be a contested presidential election already underway, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett declined to say where she stood on the Voting Rights Act and other issues related to voting.
WASHINGTON — With what could be a contested presidential election already underway, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett pointedly declined to say where she stood on the Voting Rights Act and other issues related to voting.
Barrett made no assurances that she would help Trump, but her reticent responses to questions about hypothetical election cases did little to reassure Democratic senators. Wednesday left more questions related to voting unanswered, as Barrett struggled to endorse what Americans traditionally view as a bedrock principle of participatory democracy.
Story continuesBut with armed pro-Trump militias preparing to “guard” the polls , and African-Americans already disenfranchised by new voting restrictions across the South, such abstract assurances may prove unsatisfactory. And while concerns about Barrett’s record on voting rights are unlikely to cost her the nomination, Democrats’ focus on the issue could work to their advantage on Nov 3.
That has allowed Republican secretaries of state to enact new restrictions. Long lines and hours-long waits have been reported in recent days in Texas and Georgia, where early voting has commenced.
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