On April 8, some Georgia voters filed a lawsuit to force the state to provide postage-paid return envelopes for postal ballots. Black Voters Matter v Raffensperger. The case depends on the 24th amendment, which forbids “any poll tax or other tax” to vote in a federal election. Here is the Complaint. Black Voters Matter v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:20cv-1489.
The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg, an Obama appointee.
Since when is the cost of a US Postal Snail first class stamp a *tax* ???
Same for any costs in getting to any in person polling place ???
@DR,
Ever hear of the stamp tax?
Central Washington University is in Ellensburg, over the Cascades from Seattle. Students who had registered on campus could drop their ballot in a collection box. Students registered elsewhere had to mail their ballot to their home counties.
None had a postage stamp, nor knew where they could acquire one. Some did know what a postage stamp was. A student organization got a ruling that they could hand out stamps, and post office established a temporary mail collection box on campus during the election period.
How about ANY tax on the pen to mark the ballot ???
— or the taxes on ALL the goods and services to keep the voter alive to be able to vote
— esp from age zero to 18 years olde ???
How soon before the SCOTUS gang of 9 get this case ???