Arizona Voter Lists Won’t Get Pre-Election Citizenship Check (1)

A federal trial court judge declined to force Arizona counties to submit tens of thousands of voter names to the US Department of Homeland Security to check their citizenship and immigration status before the November election, prompting a quick appeal to the Ninth Circuit.

While Arizona has state laws requiring potential voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship to register, the state isn’t allowed to enforce those requirements against people who use the standard federal voter registration form. The result is a bifurcated system where applicants who provide proof of citizenship are eligible to vote in federal, state, and local ...