On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would hear Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota, a case disputing whether two Arizona laws requiring documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) to register to vote in federal elections and requiring election officials to remove noncitizens from voter rolls violate the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Federal courts have blocked most of the challenged provisions from being enforced.
The NVRA requires 44 states, including Arizona, to accept a standardized registration form for federal elections and prohibits the systematic cancellation of voter registration within 90 days of an election, among other requirements. The other six states are exempt from the NVRA.
The questions presented to the court are as follows: "(1) Does the National Voter Registration Act or a federal consent decree prohibit Arizona from requiring voter-registration applicants to produce 'satisfactory evidence' of U.S. citizenship when registering with a state registration form?" and "(2) Does the National Voter Registration Act prohibit Arizona from implementing a program within 90 days of a federal election to cancel the registrations of voters who are not U.S. citizens?"
