A federal appeals court upheld a previous ruling that blocked two Arizona laws that sought to increase proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration. The court cited "voter suppression" as the main reason for its decision.
The ruling was issued by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and upholds a lower court's ruling that blocked 2022 laws signed by then-Republican-Gov. Doug Ducey. The ruling also sent one of the laws back to the district court to reconsider whether it was enacted with the intention to discriminate.
