Justice Department urges Supreme Court to keep parts of Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship law on Hold

Lerner · Aug 18, 2024

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Justice Department urges Supreme Court to keep parts of Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship voter law on hold.
Election rules dispute.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-department-urges-supreme-court-212045063.html
Dispute over the election rules of the battleground state.

Act by requiring that individuals using the federal registration form show documentary proof of citizenship in order to vote in the presidential election and to use mail balloting in the state.

The civil rights groups successfully challenged another provision of the law that mandates documentary proof of citizenship for individuals using the state voter registration form, while eliminating previous fail-safes for voter registrations lacking those documents.

The groups argued the law violates a 2018 consent decree stemming from a separate lawsuit. Under the consent decree, county officials use state DMV records to confirm the citizenship status of voters who had not provided proof-of-citizenship, but the 2022 measure would end that practice for individuals who register using the state registration form.
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