Arizona and Kansas sue U.S. over voter registration law

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Arizona and Kansas sue U.S. over voter registration law
Source: Reuters - Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:45 PM
Author: Reuters

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Kansas and Arizona filed a lawsuit against the U.S. federal government on Wednesday, seeking court approval for states to require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.

The lawsuit brought by the two Republican-led states accuses an agency of President Barack Obama's Democratic administration of preventing them from enforcing state laws that require proof of citizenship as a way to prevent illegal immigrants from voting.

The suit, part of an on-going battle over voter registration laws being waged nationwide, demands that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission modify federal voter registration forms to allow states to require proof of citizenship.

The federal form now asks for a verbal pledge that the applicant is a U.S. citizen but does not require documentation as proof.


Read more: http://www.trust.org/item/20130821214017-dhxdt/?source=search

[msongs]

1. "proof" costs $$ and is therefore an illegal poll tax nt

[mrmpa]

2. Perfectly stated...........

[davidpdx]

3. They don't want minorities, the poor, or the elderly to vote

I can just see someone like that guy who went into Wal-Mart with the large gun slung across his back sitting outside a polling place trying to intimidate people from voting.

[blkmusclmachine]

5. That's their goal, for sure.

[jwirr]

6. It is only a matter of time before women are restricted from voting. Many woman already have

problems because of divorce/marriage name changes on id cards.

[SunSeeker]

4. How many noncitizens has AZ or Kansas caught voting?

Another solution in search of a problem.