The legal battle over Arizona’s voter registration law has resembled a game of ping-pong as challenges to the measure work their way through the courts. On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a partial stay of a May district court ruling that barred enforcement of the law.
The provision in question requires proof of citizenship to register to vote in Arizona. Following the district court’s ruling in May that blocked the law from taking effect, the Ninth Circuit initially stayed that ruling (on July 18) but then reversed it (on August 1). The Arizona Legislature and the RNC then sought a preliminary injunction from the Supreme Court.
BREAKING NEWS: Ninth Circuit announces decision on citizenship and voter registration in Arizona
AMAZING: Ninth Circuit Court reverses its ruling on voter registration and citizenship requirements in Arizona
NEW: Arizona Legislature and RNC file emergency petition with Supreme Court regarding state law on elections and illegal immigrants
Thursdays Verdict will now allow the law to come into force while the substantive challenge is heard in court.
Republicans in the Arizona Senate issued a statement on X celebrating the ruling, as did Senator Mike Lee (R-UT).
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨Today there was a major victory for election integrity in Arizona after the U.S. Supreme Court moments ago confirmed that voters registering to vote in the state MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP in order to vote in our future elections.
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— AZSenateRepublicans (@AZSenateGOP) 22 August 2024
Fantastic news.
Arizona could now do what it should have done all along: take steps to ensure that voters registering to vote in Arizona’s state and local elections are U.S. citizens. https://t.co/XQChfekvFD
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) 22 August 2024
BREAKING NEWS: Cochise County Sheriff searching for man in Arizona today who threatened to kill Trump
The ruling comes as former President Donald Trump is visiting the southern border in Cochise County, Arizona, where he is currently giving a speech (and a manhunt is underway for a person who threatened the former president’s life).
