The ruling states that Arizona has required documentary proof of citizenship since 2005, and the new laws supplement that requirement to ensure non-citizens do not register to vote or remain on the voter rolls.
One of the two measures examined by Bolton would require state election officials to cross check registration information with various government databases to try to prove their citizenship and report anyone they can’t find to prosecutors.
“The court finds that though it may occur, non-citizens voting in Arizona is quite rare, and non-citizen voter fraud in Arizona is rarer still,” the ruling states. “But while the voting laws are not likely to meaningfully reduce possible non-citizen voting in Arizona, they could help to prevent non-citizens from registering or voting.”
Arizona voting laws requiring proof of citizenship upheld by federal judge
A federal judge on Thursday sided with tighter voting restrictions for state elections, stating that the Arizona laws did not infringe upon civil rights.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton ruled over a 2023 bench trial that oversaw complaints originating from the Department of Justice and seven different advocacy groups on Arizona house bills that they claimed were discriminatory against minority voters in Arizona.
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge is upholding provisions of new Arizona laws that would require counties to verify the status of registered voters who haven’t provided proof of U.S. citizenship and cross-check voter registration information with various government databases.
In a ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton concluded Arizona legislators did not discriminate when they adopted the laws and the state does have an interest in preventing voter fraud and limiting voting to those individuals eligible to vote.
“Considering the evidence as a whole, the court concludes that Arizona’s interests in preventing non-citizens from voting and promoting public confidence in Arizona’s elections outweighs the limited burden voters might encounter when required to provide (documentary proof of citizenship),” she wrote.
HB 2492 made it lawful to require proof of citizenship to participate in state elections.
THEY STOLE THE 2020 ELECTION AND CAN DO IT AGAIN IF NOT STOPPED
January 2024 post
Do not be surprised if the activists, you know who they are, yes the uppity folks who threaten voters at the polls and those who harvest votes, not only from the living but also from the dead. The sleaze bags will do anything in their power to prohibit Trump from winning, but also continue to bring one lawsuit after another in their vain attempt at stopping his campaign in its tracks. You have to ask yourself the question, why don’t Democrats want to insure election integrity? There can only be one answer, THEY STEAL ELECTIONS BY CHEATING.
FIRST ON FOX: A nonpartisan election integrity watchdog has released a detailed report outlining over a dozen “critical reforms” that need to be undertaken in states across the U.S. leading up to the 2024 election in order to “secure voter integrity.”
“We believe very strongly in making it easier to vote and harder to cheat, and in order to do that, there’s a comprehensive set of basic rules and safeguards that I believe every state should adopt and should follow,” Honest Elections Project (HEP) Executive Director Jason Snead told Fox News Digital about the “Safeguarding Our Elections” report released on Friday.