The Arizona Republican Party has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of Arizona’s law designed to ensure that only U.S. citizens can vote in presidential elections.
Earlier in the day, Arizona Senate Republicans announced that a coalition of two dozen states joined the Republican-led Arizona Legislature in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court to support the Legislature’s legal battle to defend proof-of-citizenship election laws.
The coalition is made up of 24 Republican states who are “taking a stand to help overturn the out-of-touch Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling,” according to the Arizona Senate Republican X.com account.
🚨BREAKING: The fight to protect election integrity is heating up.🔥
In an effort to ensure only lawful U.S. citizens are provided the privilege of voting, a coalition of two dozen states joined the Republican-led Arizona Legislature in a brief filed moments ago with the U.S.… pic.twitter.com/qgb4gW5x3p
— AZSenateRepublicans (@AZSenateGOP) August 15, 2024
The law at issue, HB 2492, was authored by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, and was passed by the Legislature in 2022 to stop non-U.S. citizens from registering and voting in Arizona.
The AZGOP says the brief “represents a pivotal moment” in Republicans efforts to secure fair and legal elections.
The group hopes the case will set a historic precedent that “will once and for all prevent non-citizens from interfering in our electoral process.”
“This is a landmark moment for Arizona and for our nation. The framers of our Constitution made it clear that the power to determine the qualifications for voting in presidential elections rests with the states,” AZGOP Chair Gina stated. “By filing this amicus brief, we are standing firm in our commitment to ensuring that only citizens are eligible to cast their ballots in these critical elections. We are confident that the Supreme Court will uphold this fundamental principle.”
The amicus brief argues that the Constitution grants states “plenary power” to choose how they appoint their presidential electors, including the authority to enforce voter qualifications, such as proof of citizenship. The Arizona Republican Party believes this measure is essential to protecting the integrity of Arizona elections and ensuring that every vote cast is a legitimate one.
According to their statement, the AZGOP believes that “Arizona has the right and the responsibility to enforce our voter qualifications, and HB 2492 is a common-sense measure to do just that.”
On August 1, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the order of a previous panel from its circuit in Mi Familia Vota v. Arizona, which had allowed a lawful requirement to go into effect that would reject State Voter Registration forms without proof of citizenship in Arizona.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes did not oppose the motion for reconsideration, leaving the ruling from this latest panel that vacated enforcement of the law concerning State Voter Registration Forms.