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Enforcement of Arizona Voter ID Law

A federal appeals court ruled last Thursday Thursday that Arizona can enforce its voter identification law while a non-profit organization challenges the law in federal court. The law requires first time voters to submit proof of citizenship and all voters to present government-issued identification when casting a ballot in person at the polls. The identification must be either a government-issued photo ID or two other pieces of specified non-photo identification. The law also addresses illegal immigrants’ ineligibility to obtain certain government services and benefits. 

Arizona approved the law, entitled Proposition 200, in 2004, in an effort to prevent voter fraud by non-citizens. Opponents of the law claim that it disenfranchises particular voters, including minority, immigrant and elderly persons and establishes an unconstitutional poll tax upon persons required to buy photo ID cards. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth District held that the law does not clearly place a severe burden on the right to vote or a disproportionate burden on naturalized citizens, does not violate a federal voter registration law or constitute a poll tax.

Source: http://www.lawinfo.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/News.story/msgID/74699468-2CE1-4318-A321-AA3A79C2C688