Umthombo: Amaphupha aqhelekileyo
Uluhlu olubanzi abezopolitiko, iingcali zamalungelo okuvota, kunye namaqela athethelelayo aphendule ngeminxeba yendibano ngoLwesine emva kokuba uninzi lwasekunene lweNkundla ePhakamileyo yase-US. zixhaswa imigaqo-nkqubo yokucinezela abavoti e-Arizona-i-bellwether enokwenzeka yendlela abagwebi banokuphendula ngayo kolunye uhlaselo lwenqanaba likarhulumente kwi-franchise.
Kuchaziwe ngomnye umhlalutyi wezomthetho ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka njengeJaji eyiNtloko uJohn Roberts โithuba lokuthoba uMthetho wamaLungelo okuvota,โ UBrnovich v. IKomiti yeSizwe yeDemokhrasi yayimalunga nokuvalwa kwe-Arizona kwingqokelela yevoti yomntu wesithathu kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo karhulumente ovala iivoti eziphoswe kwindawo engafanelekanga, apho i-DNC yacela umngeni phantsi kweCandelo lesi-2 BUZA.
UJustice uSamuel Alito wahambisa uninzi uluvo (pdf), edityaniswe namanye amalungu amahlanu asekunene enkundla ephakamileyo. UJustice Neil Gorsuch naye wafaka uluvo oluhambelanayo noJustice Clarence Thomas. Iimbono ezintathu ezichasayo zenkululeko zafakwa nguJustice Elena Kagan.
Isigqibo sabagwebi bephiko lasekunene sokuba akukho mthetho wase-Arizona owaphula iVRA kwaye umthetho wayo wokuqokelela ivoti awuphambananga noSihlomelo se-15 saxhokonxa iminxeba entsha yokuba iNkongolo ingapasisi kuphela uMthetho woMthetho waBantu kunye noMthetho wokuPhucula amaLungelo okuVota kaJohn Lewis kodwa kwakhona. uMthetho wezoBulungisa wama-2021, oza kwandisa iNkundla ePhakamileyo ukusuka kwiijaji ezilithoba ukuya kwi-13.
โNamhlanje iNkundla Ephakamileyo yenze kwanzima ngakumbi ukucelโ umngeni imithetho yokuvota ecalulayo enkundleni,โ watsho uSean Morales-Doyle, umlawuli obambeleyo weNkqubo yoLungelo lokuVota kunye noNyulo lweZiko leBrennan loBulungisa kwiSikolo soMthetho seYunivesithi yaseNew York.
โAbagwebi baye bayeka ukuwucima uMthetho wamaLungelo oNtoto, kodwa noko benza umonakalo omkhulu kulo mthetho ubalulekileyo wamalungelo oluntu nakwinkululeko yokuvota,โ uqhubeke watsho. "ICongress kufuneka isebenze ngoku ukuqinisa amalungelo okuvota ngokupasisa uMthetho woLuntu kunye noMthetho wokuPhucula amaLungelo okuvota kaJohn Lewis."
Elo khwelo lokuba abenzi bomthetho bomdibaniso bapasise omabini amatyala aphinde athethwa ziinkokeli zenkxaso eziqhubekayo, kubandakanya IGreenpeace yaseMelika Umlawuli weQela leDemokhrasi uFolabi Olagbaju, Ngabonakali umlawuli obambeleyo uLeah Greenberg, kunye Abantu beNdlela yaseMelika umongameli Ben Umona.
Ukugxeka isigqibo senkundla ngo UBrnovich "njengokucaphukisa idemokhrasi yethu kunye nokusilela ukukhusela inkululeko yethu yokuvota," uJealous walumkisa ngelithi "ngoku abavoti abaNtsundu, baseLatino, baseMelika abacalucalulwa yile migaqo-nkqubo abayi kukwazi ukuvakalisa amazwi abo kwindawo, kwilizwe. , kunye nonyulo lomanyano.โ
UMthetho waBantuโumqulu ogcweleyo wohlaziyo oludumileyo, oluxhasa idemokhrasiโkudlula iNdlu elawulwa yiDemokhrasi ngoMatshi kodwa yaba valiwe kwinyanga ephelileyo ngamaRiphabhlikhi kwiSenethi eyahlulwe ngokulinganayo, kuvela Amabango okupheliswa kwefilibuster aye aphinda aphinda ngoLwesine.
"Asizukulumela olu hlaselo luqhubekayo lwamalungelo okuvota kunye nedemokhrasi yethu," wathi Umlawuli olawulayo we-MoveOn u-Rahna Epting, efunga ukuba izigidi zamalungu eqela lakhe ziya kuhlala zifuna uMthetho woMthetho waBantu kunye noMthetho wamaLungelo okuvota kaJohn Lewis.
"Iingxaki ziphezulu kakhulu ukuba i-filibuster okanye ukufuna i-bipartisanship ukuba ingene endleleni," kusho u-Epting. "Ngaphandle kokuba yomibini le mithetho iyaphunyezwa ukuchasana nokuchithwa kwenkqubo yethu yokuvota, abantu baseRiphabhlikhi bazakuqhubeka nohlaselo lwabo olungapheliyo kwidemokhrasi yethu kwaye babeke imithetho ngokuthanda kwabo, kwaye amazwi ezigidi aya kutshayelwa."
Abenzi bomthetho-ubukhulu becala amaRiphabhlikhi-kumazwe angama-48 bazise ubuncinci bemithetho eyi-389 ejolise ekuthinteleni ilungelo lokuvota ngexesha leseshini yowiso-mthetho ka-2021, ngoku ka kwiziko leBrennan. Ukusukela nge-21 kaJuni, i-17 ithi kuquka ne-Arizona yenze imithetho engama-28 kulo nyaka.
โIsigqibo senkundla UBrnovich v. DNC ikhulula izigqeba zowiso-mthetho ukuba ziqhubeke zijikeleza kwisizukulwana esitsha semithetho kaJim Crow-njengaleyo sele yenziwe eGeorgia naseFlorida-ukugcina abantu abaninzi baseMelika bephuma kwiivoti, " utsho UKaren Hobert Flynn, umongameli we-Common Cause.
โNgaphandle kwesenzo esikhawulezileyo seNkongolo, iziNdlu zowiso-mthetho ezilawulwa yi-GOP ziya kuqhubeka nokuwisa imithetho echasene nabavoti ngobuhlanga ukukhetha nokukhetha ukuba ngubani na ongavoti,โ utshilo. "De kube iCongress isebenze, kuncinci ukumisa amatyala aziswe kwilizwe liphela ukuze anciphise ukuvota kwangempelaveki, ukunciphisa ukuvota kwangoko, ukunciphisa kakhulu inani leendawo zokuvota, kunye nokulahla iibhokisi."
Cofa apha ukuze ufumane itafile enokuphendwa
Umlawuli wezopolitiko eMelika uBrett Edkins wayephakathi kwabantu abaninzi ababukeleyo qiniswa Imigca emibini evela kwimpikiswano kaKagan malunga neVRA:
Into ebuhlungu apha kukuba inkundla (kwakhona) iphinde yabhala-ukuze ibe buthathaka-ummiselo omi njengesikhumbuzo sobungangamsha baseMelika, kwaye ukhusela ngokuchasene neyona mpembelelo isisiseko. Okubuhlungu kukuba inkundla iye yawonakalisa umthetho owawucetywe โukuphelisa ucalucalulo ekuvotweni.โ
โAsinakuvumela le Nkundla iPhakamileyo ingqongqo, nengqongqo, iqhubeke nokujongela phantsi idemokhrasi yethu, inkululeko yethu yokuvota, kunye namalungelo ethu asisiseko,โ utshilo u-Edkins. "ICongress kufuneka isebenze ngokukhawuleza ukubuyisela ukulingana kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo ngokuwisa uMthetho wezoBulungisa ukuze yongeze izihlalo ezine kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo."
USen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Umxhasi okhokelayo weJudiciary Act kwigumbi eliphezulu, waqulunqa isigwebo "njengenye igalelo kumalungelo okuvota eMelika, phezu kwetsunami yemithetho yokucinezela abavoti ehamba kwizindlu zowiso-mthetho kwilizwe lonke. ,โ kwakunye nobungqina bemfuneko yohlaziyo.
Umongameli uphinde wabiza owayesakuba nguMongameli uDonald Trump kunye neNkokeli eNcinane yeSenethi uMitch McConnell (R-Ky.) ngokuba izihlalo ezibini kwinkundla ephakamileyo kunye "nokusebenzisa esi sininzi sigciniweyo ukucinezela ilungelo lokuvota kwilizwe liphela."
UMarky wathi:
Kufuneka siphelise ifilibuster kwaye siphumelele uMthetho woLuntu kunye noMthetho wamaLungelo okuvota kaJohn Lewis ngeli hlobo, kubandakanywa nokukhusela nokwandisa amalungelo okuvota, ukuphumelela ukubhaliswa kwabavoti ngokuzenzekelayo kunye nokubhaliswa kwabavoti bosuku olufanayo, kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba abo bakhonze ixesha labo banokuvota. kwakhona. Kufuneka sikhuphe imali emnyama kwimikhankaso yethu kwaye kufuneka siphelise ukuxhatshazwa kwamaqela.
Kwaye kufuneka sigqithise uMthetho wam weNkundla ka-2021 ukwandisa iNkundla ePhakamileyo kunye nokubuyisela ibhalansi kwinkundla yethu ephezulu. Ukuba siyasilela ukwenza oko, kusondele ukuqiniseka ukuba uninzi lwenkundla olunobungqongqo luya kuqhubeka nokugweba ngokuxhasa iimfuno zabo baququzelela ukubiwa kwezi zihlalo.
Isigwebo sase-Arizona safika kwangolo suku olunye njengenye isigqibo se-6-3 esivela kwinkundla ephakamileyo esabetha umgaqo wokuvezwa komxhasi waseCalifornia kwimibutho yesisa njengengekho kumgaqo-siseko-ilahleko enkulu yabagxeki bempembelelo yemali emnyama kwizopolitiko zase-US.
Inkokeli yeSenate Majority uChuck Schumer (DN.Y.) yathi โukuba ukholelwa kwidemokhrasi evulelekileyo nesesikweni kunye nomgaqo womntu omnye, ivoti enye, namhlanje yenye yezona ntsuku zobumnyama kwimbali yeNkundla Ephakamileyo.โ
โEmva kwentlekele Abemi baManyeneyo v. FEC kwaye Shelby County v. Holder izigqiboโezibini zezona zigqibo zidume kakubi kwezakha zakhutshwa yiNkundla Ephakamileyoโisininzi senkundla esinemithetho engqongqo siye sahlikihla ityuwa enxebeni ngezigwebo zabo namhlanje,โ utshilo uSchumer.
"Ezi zigqibo namhlanje," wongeze, "zigxininisa ngakumbi isidingo sokuba iCongress ithathe amanyathelo okugcina idemokhrasi ngokuqinisekisa ukuba wonke umntu waseMelika ofanelekileyo uyakwazi ukusebenzisa ngokukhululekileyo ilungelo lakhe lokuvota kwaye oosozigidi abasakwazi ukuthenga unyulo."
[UJessica Corbett ngumbhali wabasebenzi wamaphupha aQhelekileyo.]
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