Supreme Court to hear Arizona voter registration law case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will determine the legality of Arizona's strict voter registration laws, setting up a major ruling on the balance between state election security measures and federal voting rights protections. The justices announced on Monday, June 29, 2026, that they will review a Republican-led appeal seeking to revive provisions of a 2022 state law that requires documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration and establishes a process to purge state voter rolls.

The court will hear arguments in its next term, which begins in October. The case centers on whether Arizona's requirements conflict with the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993. That federal law mandates that applicants for U.S. elections attest to their citizenship under penalty of perjury but does not require them to show documented proof, such as a birth certificate or passport. Arizona's law, passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature, imposes that additional requirement for individuals using a state-specific registration form.

A separate provision in the Arizona law allows state election officials to review voter rolls and cancel the...