On Thursday, 24 state attorneys general filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect presidential swing-state Arizona’s election system from foreign influence. They asked the court to grant a request for a stay on an Aug. 2 decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. As The Federalist previously reported, that ruling halted enforcement of provisions in a 2022 state law requiring individuals to provide documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) when registering via state voter registration forms.
“The Constitution gives states the power to set voter qualifications, and AZ is leading the charge to ensure ONLY CITIZENS vote in our elections,” the Arizona Republican Party wrote on X. “This case has the potential to prevent non-citizen voting once and for all, which should have been the case all along.”
The amicus was filed in support of an emergency application for stay brought by the Republican National Committee and Arizona’s GOP legislative leadership last week, which similarly asked SCOTUS to uphold Arizona’s DPOC law. The parties also asked the high court to permit Arizona to require such proof for individuals submitting mail-in ballots and voting in presidential contests.
“Thus, while Amici States support Applicants in full, they focus here on the district court’s decision that the [National Voter Registration Act] preempts Arizona’s election integrity rules as it relates to voting in presidential elections and mail-in voting,” the attorneys general brief reads. “That determination is a direct threat to the States’ ability to police voter fraud and their sovereign
