State can block voters if they don’t use a federal registration form according to new law that will ‘cause confusion’

State can block voters if they don’t use a federal registration form according to new law that will ‘cause confusion’

The US supreme court ruled Thursday that Arizona can partially enforce a new law that requires people to prove their citizenship in order to vote, but said the state cannot block them from voting for president or by mail as long as they used the federal voter registration form.

The case involved a dispute over a 2022 law that blocked Arizonans who did not show proof of citizenship from voting by mail or for president, regardless of whether they used the state’s own voter registration form or a federal form.

  • @dhorkEnglish
    30•2 months ago

    Thanks for linking to the forms themselves!

    A quick look shows that both forms ask the voter to attest they are US citizens and warns them of penalties for filling out the form fraudulently, but using the State form requires the voter to show proof, while using the Federal form does not require the voter to show that proof. They can simply show some ID and proof of residence, which doesn’t necessarily prove citizenship.

    So if voting a fundamental enough right that you hold it inherently? If you move to a different district only to find that your dog ate your long form birth certificate, should you be disenfranchised until you get a new copy?

    • @[email protected]
      10•2 months ago

      If you move to a different district only to find that your dog ate your long form birth certificate, should you be disenfranchised until you get a new copy?

      Or like me and the government suddenly states that your original birth certificate from the 1980s is no longer valid and that you must purchase a new one to the tune of $80. Fuck them and this bullshit.

      • @PoayjayEnglish
        8•2 months ago

        “Your birth certificate has just been revoked.” -1990’s action movie hero before executing a henchmen

    • @[email protected]
      1•2 months ago

      The original birth certificate is stored at the county office where you were born. You only ever have copies

  • @[email protected]
    30•2 months ago

    Democracies: everyone should have a right to vote.

    Supreme Court: the republicans can have a little voter suppression, as a treat.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•2 months ago

        Side note:

        Anyone else get a kick out of that one Lemmy maga who seems to go around downvoting everyone who makes comments like these, but with no argument or discussion? It’s like a little badge of honor to me every time I receive or see that one singular downvote on a comment roasting magas or conservatives.

  • @LEDZeppelin
    9•2 months ago

    “Some voters” conveniently located in blue districts

  • Flying Squid
    2•2 months ago

    I would like to know why Barrett dissented.