RNC sues over Arizona voter registration law
Source: The Hill
06/30/25 4:43 PM ET
The Republican National Committee (RNC) and Arizona GOP have filed a lawsuit seeking to block an Arizona law that allows military and other temporarily absent overseas voters to cast ballots without providing proof of citizenship directly to the state.
“Arizona’s elections should be decided by Arizonans, not by individuals who have never lived a single day in this country,” RNC Chair Michael Whatley said in a statement Monday. “Democrats want to cheat in our elections by allowing votes from people who have never established legal residency.” “The RNC is defending the rights of Arizona voters to stop this unconstitutional law in its tracks,” he added.
The Arizona law, adopted in 2023, allows some overseas U.S. citizens who have not lived in the Grand Canyon State but have a parent who is a registered Arizona voter to cast ballots through a federal write-in system created under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) of 1986.
The 1986 act applies only to presidential and other federal elections, but some states have extended provisions from it to apply to state and local elections. Arizona’s law allows county registrars to accept the federal form in lieu of a separate state affidavit.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5377332-gop-sues-arizona-overseas-voting-law/
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