Court Approves Arizona, Kansas Citizenship Proof for Voters

By NBCNews

A federal judge on Wednesday sided with the states of Arizona and Kansas, ruling that the federal Election Assistance Commission had to help these states enforce laws requiring proof of citizenship to vote.

The states had sued the commission after it deferred requests from both states to help them change their voter registration forms to include new requirements like a birth certificate, passport or other documentation to prove U.S. citizenship.

Critics of the Arizona and Kansas law say there is little evidence of voter fraud, especially of non-citizens trying to vote. A Brennan Center for Justice study found about 7 percent of Americans lack birth certificates, and voter groups worry that it makes it harder for new citizens, poor, older residents born at home and college students from different states to obtain proof in time to vote.

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