The
Washington Post reports that the same U.S. appeals court panel that issued a preliminary
injunction earlier this month barring Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia from
adding a proof-of-citizenship requirement to a federal voter registration
form released a new opinion on Monday ruling that federal law leaves it
to a federal elections agency—not the states—to determine
whether such a change is necessary. The panel wrote that the citizenship
requirement "unquestionably" hinders voter registration groups
ahead of the November elections, and that there was "precious little"
evidence of voter fraud by noncitizens.
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