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On March 18, the Court will hear Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., in which it will consider whether a state law requiring voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship before they can register to vote is preempted by a federal law providing for uniform, nationwide voter registration requirements in federal elections. At the Constitutional Accountability Center’s blog, David H. Gans describes the issue in the case as “whether, under the Constitution, Congress can establish a nationwide system of voter registration for federal elections or whether states retain the authority to add [their] own restrictions.” At the Huffington Post, Doug Kendall discusses the case in light of the Court’s consideration of Shelby County v. Holder, involving a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, and observes that “while [the two cases] involve different statutes and different legal challenges, they raise the same core constitutional issue: the role of the federal government vis-à-vis the states in terms of voting rights in America.” Mary Shinn at Cronkite News also reports on the case.
