Voting rights groups filed suit Friday to allow Missourians to vote by mail if they are sheltering in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition said they want to make absentee balloting available to all eligible voters.
“No one should be forced to choose between staying safe and voting. Expanding absentee ballot access to all registered voters during the pandemic is a commonsense solution that protects people’s health and their right to vote,” said Sophia Lin Lakin, deputy director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project.