(John Ransom, Headline USA) Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, signed into law legislation that would require proof of citizenship in order to vote in elections.
“Election integrity means counting every lawful vote and prohibiting any attempt to illegally cast a vote,” Ducey said in a statement, adding that the bill “is a balanced approach that honors Arizona’s history of making voting accessible without sacrificing security in our elections.”
The Arizona Senate approved the measure 16-12 in February, and the Arizona House approved the measure 31-26 four days later, said Ballotpedia.
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For Arizona’s voters it’ll be business as usual, say Republicans who supported the measure.
“Arizonans will not have to re-register to vote. It will be business as usual for 99.9% of Arizona voters,” said State Rep. Hoffman, according to the local Fox affiliate.
“This only affects a very small percentage of total voters, and even then, we actually grandfathered in all of those individuals who are already registered to vote that have some form of proof of citizenship on file,” Hoffman said.
But Democrats are expected to challenge the law, claiming that federal law prohibits using anything other than federal forms for voter registration. Federal forms, they say, prohibit the use of ID for voter registration, saying that voters only need to swear and affirm under the penalty of perjury that they are American citizens.
“Arizona’s way out on a limb here,” said Jon Sherman, litigation director for the Fair Elections Center, according to NBC News12. “The provisions in this bill are not really found anywhere in the country.”
The Fair Election Center is run out of an office on K St. in Washington DC, known as “Lobbyist Row,” and includes the usual assortment of leftists with the right connections to raise money for progressive causes, like CPB, La Raza, Planned Parenthood and the Cook County Clerk’s office, where Chicago gets its ideas on vote reform.
