美国最高法院大法官以5比4投票同意亚利桑那州阻止没有身份证明的选民投票的裁决。

Finally, the justices said the state cannot enforce another law saying those who are federal-only voters must cast a ballot in person. They left in place lower court rulings that the state, having decided people can vote by mail, cannot deny that privilege to some. 

Senate President Warren Petersen, one of those who sought Supreme Court intervention, acknowledged that the ruling is only a partial victory.

“While we’re grateful SCOTUS recognized our state’s sovereignty by allowing our laws requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in Arizona be enforced, individuals who are living here illegally are still able to register on a federal form without providing proof of citizenship,” he said in a prepared statement.

“They must only attest they are lawful citizens,” Petersen said. “Then they are able to vote in the presidential and congressional races, as well as by mail, thus influencing the outcome of our elections.”

That claim of non-citizens voting was echoed in a statement by the Republican National Committee which joined with Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma to seek Supreme Court intervention. It called non-citizen voting “a major threat to our election security.”