Voter Proof of Citizenship Law Won’t Be Revived by SCOTUS

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a stringent Kansas voter registration law that a lower court ruled unconstitutional, likely dooming similar provisions in Alabama, Arizona, and Georgia.

The state requirement that voters show “documentary proof of citizenship"—like a birth certificate or passport—violates the National Voter Registration Act as well as the Equal Protection Clause, the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said.

While all states require that voters be U.S. citizens, the Kansas documentary requirement—known as the DPOC requirement—disproportionately disenfranchised voters instead of clearing up the voter rolls, the court found.

In nearly two decades, ...