On Tuesday, July 25, a federal judge temporarily blocked #SB2358, a recently enacted #Mississippi law that limits who can assist #VotersWithDisabilities in returning their completed mail-in ballots.

#Disabilities

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-mississippi-law-targeting-voters-with-disabilities/

from #DisabilityRightsMississippi (#DRMS):

"The anti-voter bill applies harsh criminal penalties to Mississippians who help members of their communities vote by absentee ballot. It blocks anyone — including a friend, neighbor or volunteer of a voter services group — from helping a Mississippi voter submit an absentee ballot unless they are an election official, postal worker, family member or caregiver. Since the term caregiver isn’t defined, staff of healthcare institutions are also chilled from helping residents with voting."

http://www.drms.ms/news/press-release-voting-rights-groups-file-litigation-to-protect-voting-rights-of-mississippians-with-disabilities

#Mississippi #VoterSuppression #voting #TateReeves #AbsenteeBallots #SB2358 #VotingRights #lawsuit #SouthernPovertyLawCenter #SPLC #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion #ACLU