Voting rights experts believe that as the stakes rise and the election approaches, sooner or later the court is going to have to say more about health risks and voting
Trump suggested the presidential election should be delayed"until people can properly, securely and safely vote" and Obama, speaking at the funeral of civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis, said that those in power are"attacking our voting rights with surgical precision." Attention will increasingly turn to the courts.
In April a 5-4 court split along ideological lines when it blocked a lower court order in Wisconsin that extended the deadline for absentee ballots to allow them to be postmarked after elections on April 7 because of the pandemic.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote an impassioned dissent noting that gathering at polling places was posing"dire health risks" causing Wisconsin voters to turn in unprecedented numbers to voting absentee.
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