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Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the court's majority, found that federal law "precludes Arizona from requiring a federal form applicant to submit information beyond that required by the form itself".
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Arizona was appealing a decision of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals, which said that the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which doesn't require documentation to prove US citizenship, trumps Arizona's Proposition 200.
Arizona voters approved Proposition 200 in 2004, requiring more specific proof of citizenship. During the next three years, more than 30,000 people were turned away for failing to provide documentation, according to civil rights groups. About 20% of those blocked were Latino.
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British Guardian Newspaper
US supreme court strikes down Arizona's voter registration law
Justice Scalia writes in majority opinion that states cannot require proof of US citizenship before allowing people to vote
By Karen McVeigh in New York
Monday, June 17, 2013
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