Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022
Is the Biden Administration challenging an Arizona law that requires voters to provide proof of citizenship?
In July 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had filed a lawsuit challenging Arizona House Bill 2492 on the grounds that requiring prospective voters to “produce documentary proof of citizenship before they can vote in presidential elections or vote by mail in any federal election when they register to vote” goes beyond what is required by the National Voter Registration Act.
HB 2492 would affect an estimated 31,000 Arizonans who are federal-only voters, despite a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Arizona could not require voters using the federal voter registration form to provide proof of citizenship, according to Arizona Mirror.
Arizona is currently the only state with such a law on the books after a federal appeals court ruled in 2020 that Kansas could not require voters to show physical proof of citizenship when they register.
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