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  1. February 27, 2025

    9th Circ. Partially Upholds Ruling In Ariz. Voting Rights Row

    A Ninth Circuit panel upheld a lower court's ruling that certain provisions of two Republican-backed Arizona voting laws requiring residents to provide proof of citizenship to vote by mail and in presidential elections violated federal law, saying several of the measures are examples of voter suppression.

  2. August 15, 2024

    Ariz. GOP Backs RNC's High Court Bid To Stay Voting Order

    The Arizona Republican Party is backing the Republican National Committee and two of the state's top lawmakers in asking U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to halt an order over a voting law that is pending appeal at the Ninth Circuit, arguing the district court's order has a direct and tangible effect on its ability to promote the party's policies.

  3. August 09, 2024

    RNC, Ariz. Lawmakers Ask Justice Kagan To Halt Voting Order

    The Republican National Committee and the leaders of Arizona's House and Senate want Justice Elena Kagan to block a district court's injunction that bars the state from prohibiting individuals without proper citizenship documentation from voting, saying the order is an "unprecedented abrogation" of the state legislature's sovereign authority.

  4. July 01, 2024

    RNC, Arizona Lawmakers Can't Pause Voting Rights Order

    The Republican National Committee and two top Arizona lawmakers can't pause a decision that bars provisions of voting legislation from being enforced pending an appeal to the Ninth Circuit, an Arizona federal judge said Friday, while also determining that the state's Republican Party can't weigh in on the dispute.

  5. June 07, 2024

    Arizona GOP Fights Claims of Ethical Issues In Voting Dispute

    The Arizona Republican Party has every right to intervene in a challenge to a 2022 voting rights law that is headed to the Ninth Circuit, the party told a federal court, arguing that ethical concerns about its counsel raised by the state and its attorney general are "baseless" and "procedurally deficient."

  6. May 22, 2024

    Arizona Officials Spar Over Stay In Voting Rights Fight

    Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is asking a federal district court to deny a bid by the state's top lawmakers and the Republican National Committee to pause a decision to bar provisions of voting legislation from being enforced, arguing that a change this close to an election would create confusion.

  7. May 10, 2024

    Ariz. GOP Wants A Say In VRA Dispute Headed For 9th Circ.

    The Arizona Republican Party wants to intervene in a Voting Rights Act dispute headed for the Ninth Circuit, arguing that it intends to defend the validity of the provisions of two state redistricting laws that a lower court found violated federal law.

  8. December 20, 2023

    Tribes Pressed VRA Cases In 2023, With Many Still Playing Out

    At least 100 civil rights groups, minority coalitions and Native American tribes in 2023 continued their challenges to voter redistricting efforts in at least half a dozen states, with more set to play out into the new year in the appellate courts.

  9. November 27, 2023

    Justice Kagan Denies Stay In Ariz. VRA Privilege Dispute

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Monday denied a request by two of Arizona's top Republican lawmakers seeking to stay a discovery order compelling them to produce their communications and documentation in an ongoing Voting Rights Act case.

  10. November 20, 2023

    Ariz. Lawmakers Take VRA Privilege Dispute To High Court

    Two of Arizona's top Republican lawmakers are asking U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to stay a discovery order compelling them to produce their communications and documentation in an ongoing Voting Rights Act case, saying it violates their right to legislative privilege.