Grand Canyon Times

The Arizona Free Enterprise Club (AZFEC) has expressed approval of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overrule a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit order that had overturned Arizona’s constitutional requirement for proof of citizenship for state registration forms and voting. The Supreme Court’s decision places the provision into immediate effect.

According to an AZFEC press release, the case relates to a challenge to AZFEC-authored H.B. 2492. The Arizona Legislature passed it in 2022 to prevent non-U.S. citizens from registering to vote and casting ballots in the state.

"This is a great day for election integrity and transparency across Arizona," AZFEC President Scot Mussi stated in the press release. "The U.S. Supreme Court rightly realized that the Ninth Circuit had created mass chaos of the law and precedent just a few months before the November General Election and that this mess could not have been cleaned up after the fall contests."

According to the press release, a panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had permitted Arizona officials to reject state voter registration forms without proof of citizenship. However, another Ninth Circuit panel overturned the order, vacating enforcement of the law, which led to an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

"Arizona will be able to protect our elections from illegals voting thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court," Mussi continued. "We will continue to fight against efforts from liberal special interests to dismantle these commonsense and constitutional laws requiring proof of citizenship to vote in our elections in the Ninth Circuit and look forward to all of the provisions being eventually upheld."

According to AZFEC’s website, AZFEC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing pro-growth, limited government agenda policies in Arizona. Founded in 2005, it has secured many policy and legal victories in areas such as income and property tax cuts, property rights, and free speech.