Delaware's Supreme Court ruled that new state laws allowing universal voting by mail and Election Day registration are unconstitutional.
Delaware's Supreme Court ruled Friday that new state laws allowing universal voting by mail and Election Day registration are unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court upheld Vice Chancellor Nathan Cook's ruling on the vote-by-mail law but said his decision allowing same-day registration should be reversed. Democratic lawmakers introduced the vote-by-mail bill after failing to win Republican support to amend the constitution. A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote by each chamber in two consecutive General Assemblies.
In 2020, however, when they invoked their emergency powers to allow universal voting by mail that year because of the coronavirus pandemic, lawmakers specifically acknowledged that the constitution's list of reasons for absentee voting is "exhaustive," meaning no other reasons are allowed. They also acknowledged that they must comply with the constitution in invoking their emergency powers unless doing so would be "impracticable" or cause undue delay.
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