Last month there was an Appeal filed in the Arizona proof-of-citizenship voter registration case to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals: Voting rights groups filed an appeal on Friday from the order of a judge of the U.S. District Court for Kansas, ordering federal election officials to help Kansas and Arizona enforce state laws requiring new voters to provide documentation proving their U.S. citizenship.
The appellants have also filed a motion for stay of the U.S. District Court for Kansas order pending the appeal to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Kansas Gets Extra Time In Voter Registration Case:
Kansas and Arizona will get more time to respond to the request by federal election officials for a stay in his ruling requiring them to enforce state laws requiring new voters to document their U.S. citizenship.
U.S. District Court Eric Melgren on Monday gave the states until Friday to file their arguments against his ruling.
In March, Melgren had ordered the agency to immediately modify its national voter registration form to add special instructions for Arizona and Kansas residents about those states’ proof-of-citizenship requirements.
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission and voting rights groups want Melgren to stay that ruling while the case goes to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
If the District Court does not grant the stay, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals very well may.
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I find it ironic that this bunch wants all this documentation to vote, but to be a non partisan candidate, all you have to do is “affirm” you are a citizen, living at a real address, and that you are eligible for the office. No known proof necessary to be a candidate. And considering the shenanigans of some candidates there is little integrity in candidates. Otherwise why do you have to prove yourself to exercise your rights. I don’t have to show ID to exercise my religious freedom rights.