Supreme Court says states may not add citizenship proof for voting

[cali]

States may not require additional proof of citizenship on federal forms designed to streamline voter-registration procedures, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.

The court rejected a requirement passed by Arizona voters in 2004 that potential voters supply proof of eligibility beyond an applicant’s oath on the federal form that he or she is a citizen.

The court ruled 7 to 2 that the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 trumps Arizona’s Proposition 200.

The federal law “precludes Arizona from requiring a federal form applicant to submit information beyond that required by the form itself,” Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-says-states-may-not-add-citizenship-proof-for-voting/2013/06/17/734a1aca-d760-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html

[Deep13]

1. Glad to see most of the Court was awake for this one. nt

[JustAnotherGen]

2. This gives me hope

For the VRA case.

[11 Bravo]

3. I'm surprised to see Scalia break with Alito and Thomas.

[rdharma]

4. That's the first thing that caught my attention!

And Roberts too!