Supreme Court strikes blow for voting rights

By Greg Sargent, Washington Post

In a surprise decision, the Supreme Court today ruled that an Arizona state law may not require documentary proof of citizenship from voters. In tossing out this requirement, SCOTUS concluded that this is at odds with federal law — the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 — that allows voters to register by swearing on a federal form under penalty of perjury that they are citizens.

This could have sweeping ramifications for the battle over voting rights that is underway in other states. But there is a major caveat.

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