floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoSupreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attackapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square301fedilinkarrow-up1559arrow-down113cross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoStates already do things like bar felons from voting and only put on 3rd party candidates that meet a certain signature threshold. Or add barriers to voting, like restricting when you can vote and ID laws.
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 months agoPretty much how it goes. Laws affect peons: oh well. Laws affect wealthy politicians: off to SCOTUS for them to overturn it!
States already do things like bar felons from voting and only put on 3rd party candidates that meet a certain signature threshold. Or add barriers to voting, like restricting when you can vote and ID laws.
Pretty much how it goes. Laws affect peons: oh well. Laws affect wealthy politicians: off to SCOTUS for them to overturn it!