Arizonans need not prove their citizenship to register as voters, the
Supreme Court ruled Monday, finding the federal law pre-empts the
requirement.
The state had amended its election code with Proposition 200 in 2004, which said voters would have to show proof of citizenship at the polls and provide such proof as well when they registered to vote.
A number of groups and individuals, including the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, League of Women Voters, The League of United Latin American Citizens Arizona and the Hopi Tribe, filed suit. They claimed that the registration portion of the law violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), and that the polling-place provision amounted to an unconstitutional poll tax, violating the equal protection clause and the 14th Amendment.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/17/58568.htm
The state had amended its election code with Proposition 200 in 2004, which said voters would have to show proof of citizenship at the polls and provide such proof as well when they registered to vote.
A number of groups and individuals, including the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, League of Women Voters, The League of United Latin American Citizens Arizona and the Hopi Tribe, filed suit. They claimed that the registration portion of the law violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), and that the polling-place provision amounted to an unconstitutional poll tax, violating the equal protection clause and the 14th Amendment.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/17/58568.htm
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