Voting rights groups and Democrats are suing to try to force states to pay the postage for mail-in ballots, calling the mailing cost an unconstitutional “poll tax.”
A lawsuit recently helped push South Carolina to temporarily cover the postage for the Nov. 3 general election, adding to 18 states that already always pay the cost for all elections. Georgia and Florida also are facing lawsuits over the issue. The cost of mailing absentee ballot applications is being litigated in Massachusetts.
Paying to mail back ballots is one of several voting-access questions being debated because the coronavirus pandemic has made ...
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