In ‘Outrageous’ Decision, Court of Appeals Strikes Down Arizona’s Laws Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote, Clean Voter Rolls

Read MoreA panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down two Arizona election integrity laws last week. HB 2492 and HB 2243, sponsored by Senator Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) when he was in the State House, were enacted in 2022. Far left groups along with the DNC, the Arizona Democratic Party, and the Biden Administration’s DOJ Civil Rights Division filed lawsuits challenging the laws. HB 2492 required voters to provide documented proof of citizenship (DPOC) in order to vote in the presidential election or by mail, and in order to register to vote in state and local elections. HB 2243 required county recorders to regularly clean the voter rolls to remove noncitizens. The panel held that the laws violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and the Civil Rights Act

State Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Mesa) posted on X that he would be appealing the decision to the Supreme Court. “It’s a new year but we have the same, old Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, playing familiar games of judicial activism,” he said in a press release. “Mere months after being overturned by the Supreme Court in this matter, the Ninth Circuit shockingly ignored the Constitution by blazing an independent trail to reach a very different conclusion. This radicalism undermines confidence in our judicial system, and it has negative consequences for the fabric of our Republic. Legislative Republicans are already working to return to the Supreme Court in defense of Arizona election integrity, and we intend to win.” 

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