The Washington
States are vowing to go to the courts for permission to ask
newly registered voters to show proof of citizenship after a federal commission
ruled late Friday that it’s up to the national government, not
states, to decide what to include on registration forms.
Under the motor-voter law,
federal officials distribute voter-registration forms in all of the
states. Arizona , Kansas
and Georgia
all asked that those forms request proof of citizenship, but the federal
Election Assistance Commission rejected that in a 46-page ruling released late
Friday, just ahead of a court-imposed deadline.
The EAC said states can check driver’s license
databases or ask federal immigration authorities for information, but they
cannot tell the federal government what to include on federal forms.
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