ACLU Releases Statement in SCOTUS Ruling Watson v. RNC

Angélica Salceda, director of the ACLU of Northern California’s Democracy, Speech, & Technology Project, issued the following statement:

The United States Supreme Court denied an undemocratic effort to undermine mail-in voting today in its ruling in Watson v. RNC. In a 5-4 decision, SCOTUS voted to uphold state laws that allow mail ballots to be counted so long as they are postmarked on or before Election Day and received within the required number of days.

Each election, more than 80% of California voters use their mail ballots to vote. Today is a win for millions of eligible voters who might otherwise have been disenfranchised.

While we support this ruling, we will continue to fight ongoing efforts by the Trump administration and its allies to undermine voting rights — including defeating the anti-democratic voter suppression measure on the November ballot in California.

To California voters: We have your back. In the face of voter suppression, we urge you to double down and vote.

Visit our Know Your Rights guide to voting in California at www.aclunorcal.org/ca-voting-rights.

The ACLU filed briefs in Watson v. RNC and intervened in a similar case in California, Issa v Weber.