Several local Democratic lawmakers have voiced their disapproval of President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, vowing to reject an appointment during an election year.

Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Tim Kaine and Mark Warner of Virginia, as well as D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, all Democrats, spoke out against the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett this weekend. They criticized the quick appointment process and warned of threats to healthcare and reproductive rights if their GOP counterparts push through a confirmation vote before the election.

In separate statements, Norton and Cardin each decried the GOP’s departure from precedent in voting on a court appointment during an election year, after Republicans blocked former President Barack Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland ahead of the 2016 election.

Van Hollen wrote in a tweet on Saturday that Barrett would “dismantle the legacy” of her predecessor Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and called the nomination an abuse of power.

We are in a pandemic and should be working to pass a relief bill. Instead, Republicans want to confirm Barrett to the Supreme Court to help them strike the Affordable Care Act, gut voting rights, civil rights, and take away every woman’s right to reproductive choice.

— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) September 26, 2020

Democrats need four Republicans to vote against Barrett to block the nomination. Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski released statements shortly following Ginsburg’s death saying they would not support an appointment before the election, but the remaining 51 GOP members could carry out the confirmation vote.

According to the Baltimore Sun, Cardin says Democrats should work to squeeze opposing votes out of their Senate colleagues.

“We should do everything we possibly can to get the four votes we need on the Republican side,” Cardin said. “If this was a normal consideration, I would probably not make a final decision until I saw how the [Judiciary Committee] hearings went. That’s not going to be available during this confirmation process. I will not be voting for her.”

Kaine said on Twitter that he will not support a confirmation until after the election, noting that thousands of Americans have already cast their ballots. According to a Washington Post report on Wednesday, more than 100,000 Virginia residents had already voted. Sen. Warner expressed a similar view, stating that a confirmation should not happen until after the inauguration.

There are less than 40 days between now and Election Day, and voting is already underway in VA and other states. Given the stakes—health care, fundamental rights, the integrity of the Court—rushing a confirmation vote before the American people have weighed in would be reckless.

— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) September 26, 2020

I’ve said from the beginning that Senator McConnell should follow his own precedent from 2016: This vacancy should be filled by the winner of the ongoing election.

I intend to follow that precedent and will not support anyone’s confirmation until we know the election results.

— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) September 26, 2020

Norton, who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus Judicial Nominations Task Force, released a statement shortly after Barrett’s nomination on Saturday, calling it the “epitome of hypocrisy” to consider a nominee less than two months out from an election.

“The only sound course so close to an election is for the Senate to postpone consideration of a nominee for this open seat until after the inauguration of the next president,” the statement said. “We must allow the people to decide this election before the Senate acts on any nominee, especially considering that voting in the election has already begun.”

At least one area Republican has opposed a vote on a nominee before the election. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said such a move would be “a mistake.”

A confirmation hearing for Barrett is scheduled for Oct. 12.