Alexandria, VA – Today, Honest Elections Project, Center for Election Confidence, and Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections filed a joint amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant certiorari in Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota, which involves a challenge to state election laws regarding proof of citizenship.

A copy of the brief can be found HERE.

In the brief, the groups argue:
  • The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) does not preempt Arizona’s limits on mail-in voting
    • The Ninth Circuit seriously overstepped by trying to turn a federal voter registration law into a blanket ban on state safeguards against noncitizens voting by mail.
    • No court has ever used the NVRA to preempt state laws that are unrelated to voter registration.
  • The Ninth Circuit’s decision would prevent States from removing noncitizens, minors, and fictitious persons from voting rolls
    • The NVRA does not require States to permanently keep noncitizens and others not qualified to vote on voting rolls.
  • The Ninth Circuit’s ruling jeopardizes practically any election law that left-wing groups argue does not “increase voter turnout,” opening new paths for liberal lawyers to overturn election safeguards.

    Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project, provided the following statement:

    “The Ninth Circuit’s decision to prevent Arizona from requiring proof of citizenship to vote by mail is judicial activism at its peak. The NVRA clearly does not bar states from safeguarding mail voting or keeping voter rolls clean and accurate. The Supreme Court should take this case and restore Arizona’s common sense election rules, and prevent this judicial overreach from doing any further damage to election integrity.”