With the midterm elections just days away, the 9th Circuit court ruled against Arizona and took away the state’s ability to request proof of citizenship identification when residents are registering to vote. The state wanted to curtail voter fraud and ensure residents who were voting for state and federal elections were legally doing so.
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stuck down a simple voter protection requirement of identification that won approval from Arizona residents in the form of Proposition 200.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said it was a “slap in the face” to all Arizonians who care deeply about the integrity of their election process.
“Arizona voters approved this critical election-security requirement in 2004. We have been vigorously defending its constitutionality and the will of Arizona voters,” Brewer said. “This law has previously been upheld at every level and by every court, including the 9th Circuit, despite numerous lawsuits and challenges filed by activist groups.”
The Governor as well as Secretary of State, Ken Bennett agreed that the Court’s ruling would not impact Tuesday’s midterm, but could be a factor during the 2012 election cycle.
The ruling draws into focus the state’s famous SB1070 immigration bill that is set to be heard by the 9th Circuit Court the day before the midterm elections on November 1st.
Like SB1070, the will of Arizona’s voters will be tested again and Arizona’s leaders promise to take both pieces of legislation to the Supreme Court if necessary.
“This simply cannot be tolerated,” Brewer said in a statement. “Arizona voters have made their will crystal clear- non-citizens do not have the right to vote. We will continue to pursue any and all legal remedies to prevent fraudulent voter registration in the State of Arizona, as well as the right of our state citizens to craft appropriate protections.”
The State of Arizona currently has a separate state registration form that requests information like a driver's license or passport number. The change stemmed from Proposition 200 that was approved by Arizona voters in 2004 and essentially requires applicants to provide proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
The Ninth Circuit ruling on proof of citizenship decision came from a three-judge panel that vote 2-1 against Arizona’s right to inquire about citizenship. The three judges, that included former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, ruled the federal and state laws conflicted and federal law requires all states to make voter registration widely available and remove as many obstacles as possible.
The Arizona Attorney General’s office said they plan to petition the court for a rehearing with a larger panel of 9th Circuit Court judges, according to Mika Marquart of the AG’s office.
The liberal Latino rights group MALDEF who challenged Proposition 200 said it made people "jump through hoops" to become voters and would affect minority voters, said Nina Perales, MALDEF national senior counsel and lead counsel on the case.
MALDEF claimed the new “proof of citizenship” law affects newly naturalized U.S. citizens whose voter registrations are rejected because they received their driver's licenses while they were green-card holders and their citizenship status hasn’t caught up with the state identification system Perales explained.
According to their website MALDEF is the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization. Often described as the “law firm of the Latino community,” MALDEF promotes social change through advocacy, communications, community education, and litigation in the areas of education, employment, immigrant rights, and political access. MALDEF is also fighting against Arizona’s SB1070 immigration law.
As the 2010 midterm election cycle unfolds and recounts begin to take place, Arizona’s election registrars will have to deal with voter fraud the way every other state in the union – ballot by ballot.
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The Ninth Circuit has no credibility led by Chief Judge Alex Kozinski - a known pornographer with his own porn cite. Kozinski was Legal Counsel for the Office of Special Counsel created to protect federal employee rights. Kozinksi was denying employees/whistleblowers due process and their constitutional rights, threaten with termination, he resigned after being caught in the OSC and with his insider, double dealing to harm employees. How can this looney tune preside over any cases? Judges need to be held accountable and ANY RULINGS UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP ARE INVALID BY ASSOCIATION ALONE AS CHIEF JUDGE. They are the royals and do as they please with immunity. Politicians and judges need term limits and to be held accountable for America to be what it was intended to be. Thomas Jefferson, "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent".
Be patient. We will win in the Supreme Court. We will restore our Constitution, Obummer be damned!
*LOSES*, not "looses".
immigrant rights, THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS JUST AS WE DON'T IN THEIR COUNTRY.
Whats the big deal?....this BS about not showing ID has gotten too far.....funny how every other important dealing in our lives requires proper ID...what makes voting any different...in fact, it should be MORE REQUIRED than anything else in this country....it really stinks when politicians muckslinging tricks delve that deeply into our most fundamental rights.....next time a cop pulls you over, do the right thing(by Obama's American standards)...hide your wallet and tell the cop, "Me no speaky de inglish"....heck, if illegals can pull that rabbit out of their butts, why can't us LEGALS???.....seems the crimelords do still come from Chicago....those judges should be ashamed of themselves for making such the ruling....one being a pornographer, to boot....any and ALL decisions ever made by this scumball should be re-evaluated.....I'm sure he's made some harmful decisions on the very same issue...he is unfit for public service as a sitting judge.....whats next?...pedophiles ruling in family courts?.......how many judges ARE unfit to judge, it makes one to wonder......how about older ones that are senile or have dementia or Alzheimers or Parkinsons?....
Under Amendment 10, States are not prohibited from enforcing their own laws unless expressly prohibited. to do so. The feds and their strong arm,the federal Courts have no damn business to stop Arizona or any other State from requiring ID or Citizenship verification when voting.
Those Judges who betrayed the U.S. Constitution and the real American people with this ruling should be arrested and jailed to hard labor for life and stripped of their U.S. Citizenship.
Additionally, the MALDEF. ACLU,JDL SPLC and all such anti-White,anti-American outlets should be classified as enemies of the State and subject to 24/7 police surveillance'
THE U.S. AXIS OF EVIL:
THE U.S. CONGRESS.
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
ALL OF THE FEDERAL COURTS.
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