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Arizona ‘Ballot Harvesting’ Ban Revived by Supreme Court

Bloomberg: The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a Republican-backed Arizona law that makes it a crime to collect early ballots from voters and bring them to a polling place -- one of the most popular and effective methods for Hispanics and Native Americans to vote in a state where polls show a tight race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The high court’s action was one of a flurry of rulings across the U.S. on Friday and Saturday stemming from efforts by Republicans who suspect widespread voter fraud to purge voter rolls, require photo identification, and limit early voting. Democrats have argued voter-fraud fears are unfounded and that the restrictions are really intended to depress voting from minorities and the poor, who traditionally support Democrats.

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