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by munk-a 2307 days ago
This state's rights issue was, thankfully, already lost when laws were passed to combat widespread racial discrimination[1] in voting. Those laws have been repealed but the federal government has a good historical justification for enforcing more laws around voter accessibility.

1. Among other requirements, the ADA likely requires that polling places and some proportion of booths be wheelchair accessible and mandates the accessibility of braille ballots.