PHOENIX - The Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to block Arizona from enforcing a new law about who can vote for president.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the agency contends Arizona has no legal right to demand proof of citizenship from those who use a federal voter registration form to vote in federal elections. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who heads the agency's civil rights division, said that runs afoul of the National Voter Registration Act.
Clarke also said the state is a "repeat offender,'' approving the requirement earlier this year in HB 2492 despite a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling to the contrary.
