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On April 23, about 60 demonstrators gathered in Huntsville, Alabama, for “The Struggle Continues” rally. Protesters gathered at Big Spring Park before marching to the Madison County Courthouse, where several leaders gave speeches about the many injustices still present in the United States despite the conviction of killer cop Derek Chauvin.
The rally focused on recognizing the successes of the fight for Black liberation in the last year, while continuing the struggle. Leaders lauded the grassroots efforts that led to the removal of a confederate statue in front of the Madison County Courthouse while attacking the many confederate symbols remaining across Alabama.
Alabama Senate delays vote on curbside voting ban, passes other election bills
Updated Apr 22, 2021;
The Alabama Senate considered a slate of Republican-backed election bills today, including one that would ban curbside voting.
The Senate set aside the curbside voting bill at the request of the Republican senator who was speaking for it after Democratic senators raised objections and no agreement could be reached.
The bill could be brought back later in this session, which resumes Tuesday.
Curbside voting became an issue in Alabama last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A federal judge ruled that Alabama counties could offer curbside voting after some individual voters and organizations filed a lawsuit to challenge some restrictions in Alabama voting laws. They claimed allowing people to vote from their vehicles was a reasonable accommodation for voters who did not want to go inside a polling place because of an elevated risk of serious illness from COVID-19 because of a
Curbside voting ban stalls in Alabama Senate as other voting bills pass
The Montgomery Advertiser 1 hr ago Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed a number of election-related bills that, among other items, narrow the timeframe for absentee ballot applications and ban voting out of state.
But a measure to ban curbside voting stalled after Democrats in the chamber pushed back, saying it would make it more difficult for pregnant women and those with disabilities to vote. While you talk about the security of the ballot, I say we are making it less accessible for people to have that right to vote, said Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro.
Alabama Senate delays vote on curbside voting ban
KIM CHANDLER , Associated Press
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Alabama lawmakers on Thursday delayed a vote on a proposal to ban curbside voting as the state became the latest to debate new restrictions on voting.
The debate in the state that was home to key events in the voting rights movement reflected divisions playing out in statehouses nationwide as Republican states seek to enact restrictions in the name of election integrity and Democrats push measures to make voting easier.
The Alabama Senate delayed a vote in the face of a Democratic filibuster. No Alabama counties are known to have used curbside voting in the last election, but groups have sought the authorization of the method to make it easier for the elderly, disabled, and parents with young children to cast ballots.
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