WASHINGTON — There was not much subtlety to the Republicans' argument to the Supreme Court on Tuesday for allowing laws that effectively limit voting access for people of color . Overturning a restrictive Arizona law, said Michael A. Carvin, the lawyer representing the Republican Party of Arizona, "puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats . Politics is a zero-sum game, and every extra vote they get through unlawful interpretations of Section 2 hurts us," referring to the part of the Voting Rights Act that is generally used to protect voting access for minority groups. "It's the difference between winning an election 50-49 and losing," he said. Mr. Carvin's explanation, in response to a softball question from Justice Amy Coney Barrett about the Republican Party's interest in a lawsuit brought by Democrats against Arizona, struck at the heart of the latest Supreme Court case that could have a major impact on states' ability to curtail voting rights. At issue before the court are Arizona laws forbidding third-party collection of ballots, which Republicans derisively call harvesting, and another requiring election officials to discard ballots cast at the wrong precinct. The broader question is the future of the Voting Rights Act,… Read full this story
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