The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Arizona to partially implement a law requiring voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship, in response to an emergency request from the Republican National Committee (RNC).
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Arizona Law They called on officials to reject state voter registration forms that don't provide proof of citizenship, but the majority rejected a separate request from the Republican National Committee to allow them to ban “presidential or mail-in voting” without proof of citizenship. According to According to order.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch would have granted the RNC's request in its entirety. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Amy Coney Barrett would have followed the order and denied the request in its entirety. (Related article: Daily Caller reporter Reagan Reese warns Democrats are “not taking illegal immigrant votes seriously” in US elections)
🚨BREAKING🚨 There was a major win today for election integrity in Arizona when the U.S. Supreme Court just confirmed that voters registered in the state must show proof of citizenship in order to vote in upcoming elections.
The order is reversed… pic.twitter.com/ivpp5yl2ay
— AZSenateRepublicans (@AZSenateGOP) August 22, 2024
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Review Panel rejection On August 1, the Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit to block a lower court's injunction blocking the law's implementation. application Federal courts are “prohibited from blocking the enforcement of state election laws so close to an election.”
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