On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court partially granted Republicans’ request to allow for the 2024 election an Arizona law requiring voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship.
In a 5-4 decision, the high court granted in part an emergency request by the Republican National Committee and Arizona’s GOP legislative leadership to place a stay on a lower court ruling that prohibited the law’s enforcement. Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh comprised the majority, while Associate Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Amy Coney Barrett dissented.
As The Federalist previously reported, the 2022 statute mandated residents to show documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) when registering via state voter registration forms. It also required such proof for individuals submitting mail-in ballots and voting in presidential contests. (In Arizona, individuals who do not provide DPOC when registering to vote are permitted to do so as “federal-only voters” and only cast ballots in federal elections).
Thursday’s SCOTUS order allows the law’s DPOC requirement for registering via state voter registration forms to take effect for the 2024 election. The high court did not, however, grant Republicans’ request to place a stay on the part of the lower court’s ruling prohibiting enforcement of the provisions requiring DPOC for individuals voting in presidential contests and casting ballots via mail.
Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would have granted Republicans’ request for stay “in full,” according to the order.
According to AZ Free News, more than 11,600 individuals voted
