U.S. justices turn down states over voter registration restrictions
Source: Reuters
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a new case on voter registration in Arizona and Kansas, meaning the two states will not be able to require applicants to show proof of citizenship.
By rejecting a joint appeal by the states, the high court left in place a November 2014 ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. That appeals court decided that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, a federal agency that oversees changes to state voter registration procedures, was not required to grant the states' request that proof of citizenship be added to registration requirements.
An earlier version of the legal battle made it to the high court in 2013. Then, the court struck down an Arizona law that required people registering to vote in federal elections to show proof of citizenship. In the ruling, Justice Antonin Scalia had said that Arizona could ask the federal commission to include a citizenship provision on the federal form.
The case is Kobach v. U.S. Election Assistance Commission, U.S. Supreme Court, No.14-1164.
(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Will Dunham)
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/29/us-usa-court-voter-idUSKCN0P91RI20150629
US | Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:05am EDT
WASHINGTON | BY LAWRENCE HURLEY
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They've had a few bad weeks in a row.
Not that I'm counting or anything. 
Republicans, lose the ability to control federal congressional redistricting.
This a great win for AZ -encouraging AZ voters , at least at the Federal level, some semblance of an even playing field....
