WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in early December on whether Arizona can require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and remove voters from the rolls ahead of an election, the Arizona Mirror reported Friday.
The case centers on two laws signed in 2022 by then-Gov. Doug Ducey. They would bar new registrants who don’t provide proof of citizenship, keep some already-registered voters from voting by mail or in presidential races, and require extensive roll checks and purges.
Voting-rights groups Mi Familia Vota and Living United for Change in Arizona challenged the laws. A federal district court blocked parts of them, and in 2025 the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed the provisions conflict with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, the Civil Rights Act and prior Supreme Court rulings.
National Republicans and the U.S. Department of Justice then asked the high court to take up the case, which it agreed to do earlier this year.
Studies of available data have consistently found that voting by noncitizens is extremely rare.
Sources: Arizona Mirror. Thee Arizona Times uses AI-assisted reporting reviewed against the sources listed.
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