{"id":2329650,"date":"2024-08-22T23:40:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T03:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-blocks-gop-election-integrity-law-just-before-november-election\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T23:44:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T03:44:23","slug":"scotus-blocks-gop-election-integrity-law-just-before-november-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-blocks-gop-election-integrity-law-just-before-november-election\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS Blocks GOP Election Integrity Law Just Before November Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscotus-blocks-gop-election-integrity-law-just-before-november-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2329650&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court recently ruled on \u2062a challenge to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/non-citizen-voted-in-nycs-elections-for-more-than-a-decade\/\" title=\"Non-Citizen Voted in NYC&#039;s Elections for More Than a Decade\">voter registration laws<\/a> in Arizona, rejecting a Republican initiative that could have\u200b disqualified\u200c over 41,000 voters from participating in the presidential election. The decision was split 5-4, allowing certain restrictions to remain in place, specifically requiring\u2062 proof of citizenship for \u2062those registering to vote in state\u2062 and local \u2063elections. This legal battle follows Arizona&#8217;s 2022 legislation aimed at tightening voting rules after Joe Biden&#8217;s narrow victory over Donald Trump in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>While the court&#8217;s order did not fully endorse the \u2062proposed restrictions, it did\u2063 affirm some provisions\u200b barring voter registration without citizenship \u2062proof. The ruling comes amid ongoing\u2064 disputes \u2062surrounding the classification\u200c of voters in Arizona, where some are registered only for federal elections without the need\u2062 to prove citizenship. The case is set to continue in lower courts,\u2064 with various Republican \u200cleaders expressing support for the enforcement\u200d of \u2062stricter voting\u2064 regulations, citing election security concerns. Voting rights advocates and the Biden administration had\u200c previously challenged these laws in court.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the state that Democrat Joe Biden won by less than 11,000 votes four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But in a 5-4 order, the high court allowed some enforcement of regulations barring people from voting in state and local elections if they do not provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-us-citizenship-test-requiring-greater-english-skills-draws-concerns-immigrants-advocates-difficult\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proof of citizenship<\/a> when they register.<\/p>\n<p>The justices acted on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-group-files-emergency-action-to-pause-biden-student-loan-policy\/\" title=\"Legal Group Files Emergency Action To Pause Biden Student Loan Policy\">emergency appeal filed<\/a> by state and national Republicans that sought to give full effect to voting measures enacted in 2022 following Biden&rsquo;s narrow win over Republican Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The court did not detail its reasoning in a brief order. Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch would have allowed the law to be fully enforced, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett would have joined with the court&rsquo;s three liberals in fully rejecting the push, the order states.<\/p>\n<p>The legal fight will continue in lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>National and state Republicans had asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-announces-plan-radically-alter-supreme-court-didnt-like-trump-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Supreme Court<\/a> to get involved in a legal fight over voter registration restrictions that Republicans enacted in Arizona in 2022 following Biden&rsquo;s thin victory in the state in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The court&rsquo;s action came after a lower court had blocked a requirement that called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-can-reject-voter-registrations-without-citizenship-proof-court-rules\/\" title=\"Arizona can reject voter registrations without citizenship proof, court rules\">state voter registration forms<\/a> to be rejected if they are not accompanied by documents proving U.S. citizenship. A second measure, also not in effect, would have prohibited voting in presidential elections or by mail if registrants do not prove they are U.S. citizens. Federal law requires voters to swear they are U.S. citizens under penalty of perjury, but does not require proof of citizenship either to vote in federal elections in person or cast ballots by mail.<\/p>\n<p>An appellate panel of three Trump appointees initially blocked the lower court ruling in part and allowed enforcement of a provision dealing with state voter registration forms. But another appellate panel voted 2-1 to keep both provisions on hold, with two Bill Clinton appointees allowing the voter registrations to go forward over the dissent of a Trump appointee.<\/p>\n<p>The measures were passed on party-line votes and signed into law by then-Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, amid a wave of proposals that Republicans introduced around the country after Biden&rsquo;s 2020 victory over Trump, including in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>For state and local elections, voters must provide proof of citizenship when they register or have it on file with the state. Since that is not a requirement for federal elections for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republican-congressman-takes-matters-hands-pro-hamas-radicals-tear-prominent-american-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a> or president, tens of thousands of voters who have not provided proof of citizenship are registered only for federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>There were 41,352 of those voters registered as of August 9th in Arizona, Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said.<\/p>\n<p>Voting rights groups and the Biden administration had sued over the Arizona laws.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach led Republican attorneys general in 24 states in supporting the restrictions, saying the &ldquo;case threatens to continue chipping away Arizona&rsquo;s authority to secure its own elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, who along with Senate President Warren Petersen had asked the court to take up the issue, said in a statement that the order was &ldquo;a step in the right direction to require proof of citizenship in all our elections.&rdquo; Toma and Peterson are both Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Federal-only voters have been a subject of political wrangling since the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that Arizona cannot require documentary proof of citizenship for people to vote in national elections. The state responded by creating two classes of voters: those who can vote in all races and those who can vote only in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-federal-agencies-revive-covid-vaccine-push-updated-shots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal<\/a> elections.<\/p>\n<p>One of the new laws sought to further divide voters, allowing votes in congressional elections without proof of citizenship, but denying the vote in presidential contests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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However, in a narrow 5-4 decision, the court permitted certain regulations to be enforced that restrict voting in state and local elections for individuals who do not provide proof of citizenship during registration. This action followed an emergency appeal from state and national Republicans aimed at fully implementing voting laws passed in Arizona in 2022 after Biden&#8217;s close victory over Republican Donald Trump. The court did not elaborate on its reasoning in its brief order. Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch favored full enforcement of the law, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the three liberal justices to completely reject the Republican request. The legal dispute will proceed through lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>National and state Republicans sought Supreme Court intervention regarding voter registration restrictions enacted in Arizona following Biden&#8217;s slim win in 2020. This ruling came after a lower court had blocked a requirement mandating rejection of state voter registration forms lacking documents proving U.S. citizenship. Another measure that was also inactive would have barred individuals from voting by mail or participating in presidential elections without proof of citizenship. While federal law requires voters to affirm their U.S. citizenship under penalty of perjury, it does not mandate proof for casting ballots either by mail or at polling places for federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>An appellate panel composed entirely of Trump appointees initially partially overturned the lower court\u2019s ruling but allowed enforcement related to state voter registration forms; however, another appellate panel voted 2-1 to keep both provisions suspended\u2014two members appointed by Bill Clinton supported allowing voter registrations despite dissent from one Trump appointee. These measures were passed along party lines and signed into law by then-Governor Doug Ducey amid numerous proposals introduced nationwide by Republicans following Biden\u2019s victory over Trump.<\/p>\n<p>For state and local elections, voters must present proof of citizenship when registering or have it documented with the state; this is not required for federal elections such as those for Congress or president\u2014resulting in tens of thousands registered solely for federal contests without providing such proof\u2014specifically noted as totaling 41,352 as reported by Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes as of August 9th.<\/p>\n<p>Voting rights organizations along with the Biden administration filed lawsuits against these Arizona laws while Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach led support among Republican attorneys general across 24 states advocating these restrictions citing concerns about undermining Arizona&#8217;s authority over its electoral processes.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma expressed that this order represents progress towards enforcing proof-of-citizenship requirements across all elections\u2014a sentiment echoed by Senate President Warren Petersen who also requested judicial review on this matter; both are Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The issue surrounding federally-only registered voters has been contentious since a Supreme Court ruling in 2013 determined that Arizona cannot impose documentary evidence requirements for participation in national elections leading to two distinct categories: those eligible to vote across all races versus those limited only to federal contests\u2014a recent law aimed further division permitting congressional votes without proving citizenship but excluding participation from presidential races<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2329651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e7ec0bae32bb42a79fa2815f818da6d5-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32644,6203,6994],"class_list":["post-2329650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-election-integrity","tag-gop","tag-scotus"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e7ec0bae32bb42a79fa2815f818da6d5-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}