Supreme Court Partly Restores Voter Proof-of-Citizenship Law (1)

The US Supreme Court will let Arizona partially enforce a state law that requires residents to provide proof of US citizenship to register to vote ahead of the November election.

The Republican National Committee had asked the justices to intervene in the battleground state for Donald Trump’s campaign after a federal district judge blocked the law. The case tested an 18-year-old Supreme Court precedent that cautions federal judges against changing voting rules too close to an election.

The order Thursday means Arizona officials will reject state registration applications that don’t meet the criteria for proving citizenship though not federal ...