The Republican National Committee (RNC) and members of Arizona’s Legislature filed a motion July 1 to stay a federal court order to block certain voters who registered with a federal voter registration form from voting for president in the November elections.
RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a news release that the emergency motion was filed because the RNC believes “noncitizen voting compromises our elections and we are committed to stopping it.”
At issue is an Arizona election law that was passed in 2022. HB 2492 made it legal to require proof of citizenship to partake in elections in Arizona. A second 2022 law, HB 2243, which mandated the reporting of the number of voters in the state who didn’t list the status of their citizenship, has also been challenged….