US EditionRNC sues over Arizona voter registration law
- The Republican National Committee and Arizona GOP filed a lawsuit on Monday against a state law allowing non-residents to vote in Arizona elections.
- The law, enacted in 2005, permits children of Arizonans living overseas to vote even if they have never lived in Arizona, which Republicans argue violates the state constitution.
- Attorney Kory Langhofer, representing GOP Chair Gina Swoboda, stated the law dilutes qualified electors' voting power and that most ineligible voters skew Democratic.
- Langhofer argued that being required to compete while hindered by a disadvantage imposed by the state constitutes a legitimate legal harm, and the lawsuit seeks to have the statute struck down and to improve the clarity of overseas voter registration forms.
- No hearing date has been set yet, but the lawsuit aims to defend election integrity and ensure elections are decided only by legal Arizona residents.
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Republican Groups Sue Secretary of State Fontes to Clean Up Voter Rolls
The Republican Party of Arizona (AZGOP), in partnership with the Republican National Committee (RNC), has filed a lawsuit challenging an Arizona law that allows individuals who have never lived in the United States to register to vote. “Arizona’s elections should be decided by Arizonans, not by individuals who have never lived a single day in...
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