The 26th amendment says, “The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.”
On August 15, the Seventh Circuit upheld Indiana’s law that lets anyone age 65 or older vote by mail for any reason, while limiting postal voting for younger people. Here is the decision in Tully v Okeson, 22-2835.
Two judges, Kenneth F. Ripple (Reagan appointee) and Michael Scudder (Trump appointee) were in agreement. The third judge, John Z. Lee (Biden appointee) said he would have remanded the case back to the U.S. District Court for a trial on whether limiting postal voting is a burden on voters who aren’t yet age 65.
There have been very few cases interpreting the 26th amendment, and the opinion contains much discussion of the meaning of the word “abridge.”
ABRIDGE- VARIANTS-
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/narcissists-same-patterns-most-common-110651192.html
HOW MANY CHARGES ON TRUMP ???
AND HIS N WORD STOOGE VICTIMS ???
Yahoo is not a reliable source.
AZ KEEPS MIXING UP TRUMP WITH BIDEN.
“abridge.” appears pretty frequently in the Constitution. One would think that it has some settled meaning.
Leftist scumbags will argue over any definition, even what the meaning of is is.
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You are TROMIC AZ, not Jesus.
I Agree that you are the real Jesus Christ!
Allen Z (AZ) is the same troll moron in chief posting falsely and blasphemously as Jesus Christ.
I think I agree with the decision.
However, why did the judge sprinkle at the end that “…it represents a sound legislative judgment that [people 65 and older] encounter special barriers in exercising their right to vote [in person]…”
Why is the judge taking a side on that? That’s not what the case is about.
I don’t expect to encounter such barriers in my late 60s.
People who are too old to vote in person are too old to vote at all.
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LIKE DISEASE VARIANTS OF COVID-19
If the 22nd Amendment is not yet repealed by 2028, I think it would make a lot of sense for President Trump to appoint himself Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and elevate VP Donald Trump Jr to President upon his confirmation by the Senate. He would then resign after 8 years (again if the 22nd is not yet repealed) to allow Donald Trump Jr. to execute the same maneuver.
Donald Trump III will not be old enough for the Presidency until 2044, so it’s important that we have a Constitutional Amendment allowing Donald Trump Jr to serve two additional terms by no later than 2036. It is critically important to the survival of this country that we continue to have a President named Donald Trump.
I always vote by absentee ballot because I am a senior citizen. Not because I’m old. But because imbecile young voters need direct and oral instructions on how to vote and one time I had to stand 40 minutes because two people in front of me didn’t know how to operate the machine. Duh!
The AZ variant of covid 19 is especially prevalent among preschool morons.
Absentee and early ballots should be abolished. Actually, all ballots should be abolished in favor of standing count voting. If you can’t stand, you can’t vote.
HOW ABOUT NOOOOO VOTES FOR PIG HEAD TROLL MORONS ???
SEE MANY VETS BADLY INJURED DEFENDING THE USA – DECLARED AND UN-DECLARED WARS
— UNABLE TO STAND/WALK.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/18/politics/james-buckley-former-senator-death/index.html
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RISE AND FALL OF USA IN HIS LIFETIME ???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley_v._Valeo
MORE YET TO BE DECLARED UN-CONSTITUTIONAL
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Men who are currently able to defend us should vote, not those who already did their part, troll moron AZ.
Fake news CNN and jokeapedia. Typical AZ.
Wind Farms Kill Whales makes a good point.
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“one time I had to stand 40 minutes because two people in front of me didn’t know how to operate the machine”
Absentee ballots make lines shorter on election day.
NOOO LINES IN STATES WITH ALL ABS BALLOTS.
No lines for caucus style voting.
In a caucus state, all the time is wasted just organizing and running the caucus.
And, in a New England town meeting, the meeting can take a whole day.
If there’s only one question to decide and the meeting is held every year it should be pretty straightforward.
only one question to decide —
WHO WILL BE THE LEGIS/EXEC/JUDIC ABSOLUTE / UNLIMITED TYRANT FOR THE COMING YEAR ???
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UK HC ELECTIONS – MEMBER OF HC — ONE X – ONE GERRYMANDER HACK CANDIDATE PER PARTY
UM, DID I MENTION THAT I HAVE CUM TO WASH AWAY YOUR SINS!
Stop your nasty blasphemy, Eddie Brown.
Contra AZ loaded question, the Max plan says government office will not be important, more like jury duty is now.
I am AZ, not Eddie Brown!
The phony AZ and the phony Jesus is Eddie Brown.
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BEING A JUROR ON ANY OF THE TRUMP INDICTMENT CASES — A BIT SUPER-IMPORTANT ???
What are you oinking about now? The Trump indictment cases are totally bogus kangaroo publicity stunts to muck up the election.
While this case lost, it has some promising language. Best 24th Amendment discussion I’ve seen from the 7th. If the plaintiffs remain interested, they should marshall their empirical data, cite to state constitutional claims, find a new nominal plaintiff, and pursue the equal protection argument. Indiana’s voter ID rules interact with over 65 absentee ballots to dilute the vote of younger voters in ways that are outcome determinative and undermine election integrity. In, i think it was LULAC v Walker, the Wisconsin Supreme Court said that setups like Indiana’s violate the 24th amendment/are a poll tax when they charge for documents such as birth certificate.
All elections should be in person on election day. No other kind of voting should be allowed.