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PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP VOTING REQUIREMENT
AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of twenty- three other attorneys general to file an amicus brief in support of an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship in order to vote, asking the Supreme Court of the United States for an emergency stay of a federal district court’s injunction against the law.
Arizona’s state constitution, like many other state constitutions, stipulates the commonsense requirement that only American citizens are qualified to vote in American elections. To ensure this requirement is met, Arizona passed a law that everyone registering to vote must provide documentary proof of United States citizenship. A Federal district court ruled that Arizona’s law was preempted by the federal National Voter Registration Act. Opponents to the Arizona law claim the NRVA does not permit proof of citizenship requirements by States. Attorney General Paxton urged the Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay of the district court’s ruling which intentionally misrepresents the NVRA and ignores that States have the sovereign right to regulate their elections.
