Ngakhale kafukufuku wowonetsa zovuta zazikulu zomwe akupereka paufulu wovota, kuchotsedwa mwankhanza kwa mayina ovota kukupitilirabe zisankho za 2020 zisanachitike, ndipo ena mwa iwo akuganiziridwa kuti akhale mayiko akumwera.

Malinga ndi Kusanthula kwaposachedwapa ndi Brennan Center for Justice, anthu osachepera 17 miliyoni adachotsedwa m'mavoti padziko lonse lapansi pakati pa 2016 ndi 2018, pomwe mafuko ang'onoang'ono amakhudzidwa kwambiri. Ngakhale kuti mayiko ali ndi chidwi chofuna kuonetsetsa kuti mayina awo ovota asinthidwa, kuchita izi kudzera muzachiwopsezo chambiri pafupi ndi zisankho kuli pachiwopsezo cholepheretsa anthu oyenerera kuti aziponya voti. Panali chiwonjezeko chokulirapo pa milandu yotereyi pambuyo pa Khothi Lalikulu la US mu 2013 Shelby County v. Holder akulamulira, yomwe idamasula madera omwe anali ndi mbiri ya tsankho la ovota kuchokera ku boma lovomereza kusintha kwa chisankho pansi pa Lamulo la Ufulu Wovota wa 1965.

Maiko angapo akummwera tsopano akulingalira zochotsa ovota zomwe zingakhudze zotsatira za zisankho zomwe zikubwera - koma akubwerera mmbuyo kuchokera kwa oyimira ufulu wovota.

Amaphatikizanso Georgia, komwe nkhawa zakuponderezedwa kwa ovota zidakhala pa mpikisano wachaka chatha pakati pa Democrat Stacey Abrams ndi Republican Brian Kemp, yemwe adapambana ndi mavoti pafupifupi 55,000 okha. Mlembi wa boma wa Republican a Brad Raffensperger posachedwapa adalengeza kuti pafupifupi 330,000 yolembetsa ovota ikhoza kuthetsedwa mwezi wamawa ngati ovota omwe akufunsidwa sakutsimikizira kuti akukhala m'boma. Kuyeretsa, komwe kumayang'ana anthu omwe sanavotere zaka zisanu zapitazi, kutha kukhudza anthu 4 pa XNUMX aliwonse ovota m'boma.

Dziko la Georgia ndi limodzi mwa mayiko angapo amene amachotsa anthu m’mavoti chifukwa chosaponya mavoti pazisankho zaposachedwapa, mfundo yomwe anthu olimbikitsa ufulu wovota akhala akuidzudzula. "Ovota sayenera kutaya ufulu wawo wovota chifukwa chakuti asankha kusapereka ufuluwo pazisankho zaposachedwapa," anati Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO wa Fair Fight Action, gulu lomenyera ufulu wovota lokhazikitsidwa ndi Abrams.

Kemp, yemwe adatumikira monga mlembi wa boma yemwe adayang'anira chisankho cha gubernatorial chomwe adapambana, adayimbidwa mlandu wofuna kufooketsa chikoka cha bungwe la African-American voti pochotsa kalembera wa ovota m'njira yomwe idakhudza kwambiri anthu akuda. Mwa ovota 53,000 omwe adachotsedwa pamipukutu ndi ofesi ya Kemp chaka chatha, 70 peresenti anali akuda. Kemp adayang'anira kuthetsedwa kwa olembetsa ovota pafupifupi 1.4 miliyoni kuyambira 2012, pomwe olembetsa pafupifupi 670,000 adathetsedwa mu 2017 mokha.

Otsutsa zomwe dziko la Georgia likukonzekera posachedwapa akuda nkhawa kuti ichi ndi chiyambi chabe cha zoyesayesa za akuluakulu ena aboma kuti aletse kuvota mumipikisano yomwe ili pachisankhochi. Boma layika mndandanda wazomwe zalephereka pa intaneti kuti zitha kuwunikiridwa ngati pali zovuta. Sabata ino mutu waku Georgia wa American Civil Liberties Union adazindikira anthu 70 omwe adavota mu Novembala watha koma akuyembekezeredwabe kuti kalembera wawo achotsedwe. Pakadali pano, kusanthula kwa Atlanta Journal-Constitution pamndandanda apezeka kuti sichisonyeza kusiyana mafuko kapena zolakwika zambiri zoonekeratu. Izi zikusiyana ndi Ohio, komwe boma likugwa kulunjika molakwika Ovota 40,000 kuti aletse.

Chisankho cha chaka chamawa ku Georgia chidzakhala chofunikira kwambiri chifukwa, pamodzi ndi kuvotera pulezidenti, ovota adzakhala akusankha aphungu awiri atsopano a US. Sen. Johnny Isakson, wa Republican, adalengeza mu August kuti akupuma pantchito chifukwa cha thanzi, pamene Sen. David Perdue, nayenso wa Republican, akufuna kusankhidwa.

'Ngozi yomwe sitingathe kutenga'

Ku Kentucky, Woweruza Thomas Wingate mwezi watha adagwirizana ndi chipani cha Democratic Party pamlandu wotsutsana ndi bungwe la zisankho za boma chifukwa choyika mayina a anthu pafupifupi 175,000 pamndandanda wa ovota "osagwira ntchito", womwe udatsala pang'ono kugawanika pakati pa ma Democrat ndi ma Republican. Anna Whites, loya wa chipani cha Kentucky Democratic Party, adati bungwe la zisankho la boma silinatsatire malamulo a boma, omwe amafunikira kudikirira maulendo awiri a zisankho pambuyo poyesa kuyika mayina pamndandanda wosagwira ntchito.

Wingate adapeza kuti kupanga mndandanda wosiyana wa mayina a ovota omwe sanagwire ntchito kungapangitse mtolo wosayenera ndikusokoneza kukhulupirika kwa voti. Kuti ovota omwe ali pamndandanda wa anthu omwe sanagwire nawo kuvota pazisankho zikubwerazi, amayenera kutuluka mumzere wovota, kusaina lumbiro, ndipo mwina adikire kuti kalaliki wachigawo, komiti yosankha zisankho, kapena woweruza wadera achitepo kanthu. asanayambe kuponya voti.

"Sikuti wovota aliyense ali ndi mwayi wodikirira nthawi yayitali kuti adumphire mopanda kufunikira pamene cholinga cha State Board of Elections chitha kukwaniritsidwa kudzera njira zosavuta, zocheperako monga kuyika nyenyezi ndi mayina a anthu 175,000. pamndandanda wa ovota wamkulu komanso kukhala ndi ogwira ntchito yovota kuti atsimikizire adilesi ya munthu aliyense," adatero analemba mu chiweruzo chake. Wingate adapereka lamulo loletsa kwakanthawi komwe kubweza mayinawo pa kaundula wamkulu wa ovota, pomwe adzawoneka ngati nyenyezi. Ovota atha kuyembekezerabe kuchotsedwa pamndandanda ngati alephera kusintha ma adilesi awo kapena kuvota pofika Novembala 2022.

Ndipo ku North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper (D) sabata ino adatsutsa bilu zomwe zikanapatsa bungwe la zisankho m'boma mphamvu zofananiza chidziwitso cha ovota ndi oweruza kuti achotse anthu omwe si nzika m'mavoti. Bungwe la Senate Bill 250 limayang'ana ovota omwe sanayenere kuweruza chifukwa adatsimikiza kuti asakhale nzika. Mothandizidwa ndi Senate wa boma Joyce Krawiec, wa Forsyth County Republican, muyesowu udadutsa Senate koyambirira kwa chaka chino ndi 29-21 ndi Nyumba ndi 59-51, mavoti onse motsatira chipani.

Kuvota kosakhala nzika si vuto lalikulu ku North Carolina. Kafukufuku wa 2016 pambuyo pa zisankho ndi bungwe la zisankho za boma adapeza kuti mwa ovota 4.8 miliyoni aku North Carolina omwe adachita mavoti chaka chimenecho, 41 okha ndi omwe anali ndi chilolezo chokhalamo mwalamulo omwe sanayenere kuvota.

Othandizira ufulu wovota anatsutsana kuti lamuloli likadaletsa kuvota kwa anthu obwera kumene, omwe mphamvu zawo zachisankho zikukulirakulira m'boma, ndipo zikanatsegula chitseko cha kuzunzidwa kwa anthu oyenerera, ovota omwe ali mwachibadwa. "Nzika zokha ziyenera kuloledwa kuvota," Cooper adatero m'mawu ake mawu a veto. "Koma kuletsa ovota ovomerezeka kuti avote ndi chiopsezo chomwe sitingatenge pomwe lamulo limaletsa kale anthu omwe si nzika kuvota ndipo ali ndi njira zovomerezeka zowachotsera m'mipukutu."