Arizona Law Requiring Voters Prove Citizenship Is Struck Down - FoxNews.com
PHOENIX -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a key part of Arizona's law requiring voters to prove they are citizens before registering to vote and to show identification before casting ballots.
The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the law requiring voters to prove their citizenship while registering is inconsistent with the National Voter Registration Act. That federal law allows voters to fill out a mail-in voter registration card and swear they are citizens under penalty of perjury, but doesn't require them to show proof as Arizona's law does.
The ruling left in place a requirement that voters provide proof of identity when casting ballots.
I agree. Swearing you are a citizen under penalty of perjury in order to vote is foolish. State's should be allowed to require proof of citizenship.
The ruling seems to be procedurally correct. The AZ law creates a conflict between the federal and state law. Feds win.
There's probably some other way for AZ to do this.
Maybe I missed it but in NY they have us present our drivers license and sign a book right before we vote. I dont see the hooplah of showing ID to vote.
The hooplah, is that procedure makes it too hard to commit voter fraud. There's no way that dead people and illegal aliens could vote, if they had to produce a picture ID.
I wrote it wrong, what I mean is why is it such a big deal to people to show ID, its not that hard it takes 10 seconds
Maybe I missed it but in NY they have us present our drivers license and sign a book right before we vote. I dont see the hooplah of showing ID to vote.
I believe that what you are seeing while you're in line is people showing their driver's licenses voluntarily, or they think they are supposed to show ID. I see the people in front of me in Texas showing ID when they sign the voter roles.
Next time, don't offer to show your ID. No one will ask you to see it because that is against the law. I know. I don't show mine.
What Arizona should do is pass a law stating that after voting they will run all the names of voters through a data base to determine if they are of legal status. Any names that don't jive will be tracked down and asked to show legal status. If they can not, well...you get perjury charges.
I thought you had to be a citizen to vote? How is showing proof illegal. It seem the democrats are opening the door for voter fraud
If you registered to vote, your name will be in the voter's role. After you sign the sticker (texas anyway), it's placed next to your name in the role. You can't cheat.
So if this law would pass it would keep U.S. citizens who cannot provide identification out of the voting booth.
..If you have a voting card then that's all you should need. You need to provide a SSN and valid address when you register, I think that is enough.
WTF? Hopefully this makes it to the supreme court really fast. You should have to prove you are a citizen in order to vote.
Maybe I missed it but in NY they have us present our drivers license and sign a book right before we vote. I dont see the hooplah of showing ID to vote.
Does Texas require that you show ID to vote?
Votexas.org
Identification is not required to register to vote in Texas, but you must take either your voter registration certificate or acceptable identification when you vote. For more information on what is acceptable identification, see our section “Need ID?”.
If you registered to vote, your name will be in the voter's role. After you sign the sticker (texas anyway), it's placed next to your name in the role. You can't cheat.
So if this law would pass it would keep U.S. citizens who cannot provide identification out of the voting booth...If you have a voting card then that's all you should need. You need to provide a SSN and valid address when you register, I think that is enough.
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