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High court to weigh Arizona voter registration case
Source: Reuters
High court to weigh Arizona voter registration case
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX | Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:12am EDT
(Reuters) - Arizona will argue before the Supreme Court on Monday that it is within its rights to demand voters show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, while opponents will argue it is an overreach of its powers.
The legal dispute over the registration requirement dates back to 2004 when Arizona voters passed a ballot initiative, Proposition 200, designed to stop illegal immigrants from voting.
The measure amended state election laws to require voters to show proof of citizenship to register to vote, as well as identification to cast a ballot at the polls in the desert state which borders Mexico.
"It is needed to preclude non-citizens from voting," said Tom Horne, Arizona's Republican attorney general who will argue the case for the state before the Supreme Court justices on Monday.
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By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX | Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:12am EDT
(Reuters) - Arizona will argue before the Supreme Court on Monday that it is within its rights to demand voters show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, while opponents will argue it is an overreach of its powers.
The legal dispute over the registration requirement dates back to 2004 when Arizona voters passed a ballot initiative, Proposition 200, designed to stop illegal immigrants from voting.
The measure amended state election laws to require voters to show proof of citizenship to register to vote, as well as identification to cast a ballot at the polls in the desert state which borders Mexico.
"It is needed to preclude non-citizens from voting," said Tom Horne, Arizona's Republican attorney general who will argue the case for the state before the Supreme Court justices on Monday.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/15/us-usa-court-voting-idUSBRE92E0EN20130315