Federal Court Blocks 2022 Arizona Laws Requiring Voters To Prove Their US Citizenship In Order To Vote

Arizona Central reports:

A federal judge dismantled new state laws on Thursday that required voters to prove their citizenship, agreeing in her ruling to allow rights groups to probe legislative leaders’ intentions in creating the laws.

Former Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed the two laws, which ban certain people from voting by mail or in state elections, last year after Republicans passed them on party lines despite a warning from staff that the provisions in one of them were unconstitutional.

The U.S. Department of Justice and seven different civil rights groups, including the Arizona-based Mi Familia Vota and Living United for Change in Arizona, sued the state over the laws in what later became a consolidated lawsuit.

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US judge blocks 2 Arizona voting laws, saying feds, not state, govern voting rights https://t.co/q0tiMZnZmS

— azcentral (@azcentral) September 15, 2023

BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS key portions of Arizona voter suppression law requiring strict proof of citizenship to vote. Congratulations to our clients @votolatino and @MiFamiliaVota and the ELG team. Remaining parts go trial trial in November.https://t.co/nsXzORw1iY

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) September 14, 2023