Why bother doing the right thing when just lying and voter fraud woks just fine. Is everyone nuts? m/rVoter Proof-of-Citizenship Law Voided by Supreme Court - Bloomberg
By Greg Stohr - Jun 17, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court threw out an Arizona law requiring evidence of citizenship when people register to vote, in a victory for minority-rights advocates and the Obama administration.
The justices said Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship law runs afoul of a federal statute that sets registration requirements. The 7-2 ruling limits the role played by the states in national elections and raises questions about similar laws in three other states -- Alabama, Georgia and Kansas.
A U.S. appeals court had invalidated the Arizona statute, pointing to a 1993 federal law that says states must “accept and use” a standard registration document known as the federal form. That form instructs prospective voters to swear that they are citizens, under penalty of perjury.
Writing for the court, Justice Antonin Scalia ...
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