Monday, June 17, 2013

Supreme Court strikes down Arizona voter registration law...

NO PAPERS REQUIRED...TO VOTE - AP

States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision complicating efforts in Arizona and other states to bar voting by people who are in the country illegally.

Supreme Court strikes down Arizona voter registration law... - Reuters

In a 7-2 vote, the court, in an opinion written by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, ruled the voter registration provision of the 2004 state law was trumped by a federal law, the 1993 National Voter Registration Act.

Proof-of-Citizenship Voided... - Bloomberg

Scalia Rules With Majority... - CBS Washington