MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — An appeals court in Alabama heard arguments this week in a lawsuit about ballot harvesting. The state is appealing one judge's decision that allows people to give and receive gifts when helping blind, disabled or illiterate voters fill out absentee ballots.

It's all a part of a law regulating the absentee ballot process, which the Attorney General's office said is necessary to protect vulnerable voters. But others argued it blatantly violates the Voting Rights Act.

The Attorney General's office argued the ability to give and receive gifts allows paid actors to manipulate the absentee voting process. But attorneys for the NAACP said the statute criminalizes people who help blind, disabled or illiterate people vote.

"No, we don't want any type of fraud, any type

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