text: Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said he was pleased the court acted quickly so that Alabama voting rules remain in place for the July 14 runoff. "Alabama is again able to enforce laws that help ensure the fairness and integrity of our elections," the Republican said.
  The three counties are where plaintiffs in the lawsuit live. Alabama appealed the decision. The state argued that it would be confusing to change absentee ballot rules in three of Alabama's 67 counties and that curbside voting would be a major change done right before the election.
  The state also argued that Alabama's rules are needed to combat voter fraud and are not unreasonable. "But this dichotomy between voting and safety is false, even during COVID-19. The individual plaintiffs in this case regularly see at least one other person. Can they really not find a safe way to have a second person watch them sign a piece of paper?" lawyers for the state wrote in their petition to the Supreme Court.