Disability advocate files federal lawsuit over state’s new absentee ballot laws

A group that advocates for people with disabilities filed a Voting Rights Act lawsuit Wednesday against the state of Louisiana to block a slate of new laws that target absentee voting. The four laws in question include one that makes it illegal to print out an application form from a state website and give it to someone who didn’t ask for it. It is also now illegal to help fill out, mail or wi...

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