The arrival this term of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald J. Trump's third appointee, has transformed a Supreme Court with a slight conservative majority into one that tilted right by a 6-to-3 margin. Justice Barrett has also left Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. with a sharply diminished ability to guide the court’s direction in cases on health care, voting, religion and gay rights.
According to a recent survey from researchers at Harvard, Stanford and the University of Texas, the public is divided nearly evenly on those key cases.
In Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the court ruled that Arizona’s restrictions on voting in the wrong precinct is lawful and that the state can forbid voters from relying on another person to collect and drop off ballots.
Liberal bloc
Where the public stands
| Discarding entire ballots from voters who voted outside of their precinct is unlawful. | Discarding entire ballots from voters who voted outside of their precinct is lawful. | |
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Question wording: In Arizona, if a voter arrives at a polling place and is not listed on the voter roll for that precinct, the voter may still cast a provisional ballot. After election day, Arizona election officials review all provisional ballots to determine the voter's identity and address. If officials determine that the voter voted outside of their precinct, the ballot is discarded in its entirety, even if the voter was eligible to vote in most of the races on the ballot. Some people believe that discarding entire ballots in this manner is unlawful. Other people believe that it is lawful. What do you think? | Source: SCOTUSPoll
| Voters should be able to rely on another person to collect and drop off ballots. | States can forbid voters from relying on another person to collect and drop off ballots. | |
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Question wording: Arizona offers in-person voting at a precinct or vote center either on election day or during an early-vote period. Many voters — particularly racial minorities — who vote early rely on another person to collect and drop off voted ballots. However, the Arizona legislature made it illegal to collect and deliver another person's ballot. Some people think that voters should be able to rely on another person or third party to collect and drop off ballots. Other people think that states can forbid this. What do you think? | Source: SCOTUSPoll
In Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, the court ruled that California's requirement that charities report their major donors to the state violates their First Amendment rights.
