Democrats whine about not being able to 'ballot harvest'

 Daily Mail:

President Biden called on Congress to restore fundamental voting rights as he expressed his disappointment that the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld Republican-backed rules in Arizona, rejecting claims that they discriminate against racial minorities. 

The 6-3 ruling, with the court's conservative justices in the majority, endorsed regulations designed to restrict so-called ballot harvesting and preventing voters from casting ballots outside their home precinct.

It comes as a raft of Republican states looks to tighten voting rules amid President Donald Trump's claims that fraud cost him the 2020 election.

President Biden issued a statement saying he was 'deeply disappointed' and Congress must act to protect democracy.

'In a span of just eight years, the Court has now done severe damage to two of the most important provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – a law that took years of struggle and strife to secure', he said. 

'After all we have been through to deliver the promise of this nation to all Americans, we should be fully enforcing voting rights laws, not weakening them.'

The Supreme Court split along ideological lines. The justices in the majority, led by Samuel Alito said the measures did not violate a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark 1965 federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

He wrote: 'Having to identify one's own polling place and then travel there to vote does not exceed the 'usual burdens of voting.'' 

GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the decision was a 'resounding victory', adding that 'Democrats were attempting to make Arizona ballots less secure for political gain, and the Court saw right through their partisan lies.'

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No one needs to have their ballot harvested by someone who could easily throw it in the trash if they do not like the way you voted.  No one should be allowed to vote for someone else which ballot harvesters have been accused of in nursing homes.  It is not a significant burden to vote in the precinct you are registered in.  Biden's whining about this is as bad faith as his previous complaints about voter integrity laws.  

BTW, the Constitution gives the states the right to write their own voting rules, not Congress.

The fact of the matter is that half this country does not trust Democrats to pick up someone's ballot and handle it properly.