U.S. District Court Rules that Federal Voter Registration Law Does Not Prohibit States from Requiring Documents to Prove Citizenship

On March 19, U.S. District Court Judge Eric Melgren, a George W. Bush appointee, issued an opinion in Kobach v U.S. Election Assistance. The 28-page opinion determines that Kansas and Arizona are free to require that individuals who use the federal voter registration form must attach documents that prove they are citizens. Specifically, the decision orders the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to amend the federal forms in use in Kansas and Arizona, so that the instructions on the forms used in those states explains to applicants that the paperwork is needed. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.


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U.S. District Court Rules that Federal Voter Registration Law Does Not Prohibit States from Requiring Documents to Prove Citizenship — No Comments

  1. How soon before the New Age usual suspects [who have *allegiance* only to control freak communism – and who regard the 1787 USA Const as a piece of toilet paper] get the case to SCOTUS ???

  2. Place of birth documents mean about zero.

    It is the ALLEGIANCE chain that counts.

    4 July 1776 folks who were loyal to the DOI – and their kids via fathers.

    Later naturalized folks – and their kids via fathers.

    Everybody else is a foreign nation-state ALIEN.

    Much too difficult for the armies of legal history morons in the USA.

  3. This should stem the tide of illegal aliens who are risking deportation to register to vote. Gosh, there must be dozens and dozens of them nationwide.

    This “issue” is nothing more than Republican sugar water set out to entice nitwit voters to their line on the ballot.

    See above, for instance.

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