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WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The Justice Department supports blocking voter registration forms that require proof of citizenship in three states, according to court filings.

The department urged U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Monday to issue a preliminary injunction to prevent Kansas, Alabama and Georgia from using the forms. The injunction was requested by the League of Women Voters, which is suing the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission over the forms.

 

The League brought the suit, alleging that the requirement to prove citizenship acts as a barrier to voter registration, particularly for poor, minority and elderly voters who may not have the required documentation.

The Justice Department's decision to support the ban is unusual because the

department would otherwise be in the position of defending the EAC in the suit.

EAC executive director Brian Newby issued a directive on Jan. 29 allowing those three states to add the citizenship requirement to the registration forms.

In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down an Arizona law that similarly required proof of citizenship in the voter registration process. However, the late Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in the court's majority opinion that states could seek approval from the EAC for changes to voter registration forms. A year later, a federal appeals court ruled that the EAC was not required to make such changes to the federal registration form. The Supreme Court declined to review that ruling last year.

Since the federal forms have no requirement that voters provide documentation of their citizenship, those that have registered using the federal form effectively worked around the requirement. But Kansas Secretary of State Chris Kobach sought to close the loophole by saying that voters who used the federal form would not be able to vote in state or local elections. A judge struck down that requirement Friday. The Kansas City Star reported Kobach planned to appeal.

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Robert D Nickerson ·
JUSTICE DEPT FAVORS NOT ARRESTING CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS & PAYING REPARATIONS. SO MUCH FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON CARING WHAT THEY THINK. AND YOU WONDER WHY TRUMP IS POPULAR!
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Only US CITIZENS are supposed to VOTE, a benefit of being A LEGAL CITIZEN....***???? Why should any of us obey ANY laws in the US.... the joker in WH feels we don't need to have any at all apparently!!!
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Deborah Lewis
The point is Demonrats want a one party government and they can not accomplish this with the status quo. Illegal immigrants needed to nullify citizen votes!
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David Ransom ·
The Democrats are afraid their base will not be able to vote(illegals). My grandmother was a Republican all her life. Now that she's dead, she always votes Democrat.
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Deborah Lewis And the Second Amendment will have to be used to NULLIFY THEM. THIS is the reason the Founding Fathers saw fit to SPECIFY THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS!
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John Howell
Not surprising. Vote fraud is a crucial pillar of the Democrat Party. The dead vote Democrat, and usually in alphabetical order.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The Justice Department supports blocking voter registration forms that require proof of citizenship in three states, according to court filings.

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Seems like I had to produce a Birth Certificate, showing I was a US Citizen, to get a Social Security Number, back in the 60's. Everybody that was born in US has Birth Certificate (health dept.) within the county they were born, as proof of citizenship..  Then, SSN tracked every penny myself & the company I worked for, paid into the system. Proof of citizenship with Birth Certificate works for me. (As long as its not FAKE like $100-Green Cards) But, if birth was only recorded in family Bible, then that may be another matter. My grandparents born in 1890's, was recorded in that manner. But we don't live in that period of time and recording methods changed dramatically since. Even those born at home, were issued birth certificates, such as my uncle born in 1916. Of course, those born in late 1800's are all dead and taken off the voting eligibility records, except those still registered as Democrats..

Democrats Version - Proof of US Citizenship - Electricity Bill, is all you'll need.

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