ARIZONA v. INTER TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ARIZONA

No. 12-71.

133 S.Ct. 2247 (2013)

186 L.Ed.2d 239

ARIZONA, et al., Petitioners v. The INTER TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ARIZONA, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Horne , Attorney General, for Petitioners.

Patricia Millett , for Respondents.

Sri Srinivasan , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Respondents.

Thomas C. Horne , Attorney General of Arizona, Counsel of Record, Paula S. Bickett , Chief Counsel, Civil Appeals, Thomas M. Collins , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, Melissa G. Iyer , Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A., Phoenix, AZ, for State Petitioners.

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jon M. Greenbaum , Robert A. Kengle, Mark A. Posner , R. Erandi Zamora , Washington, DC, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Patricia A. Millett , Michael C. Small , Christopher M. Egleson , Washington, DC, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, David J. Bodney , Phoenix, AZ, Osborn Maledon, P.A., David B. Rosenbaum , Thomas L. Hudson , Phoenix, AZ, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., Joe P. Sparks, The Sparks Law Firm, P.C., Scottsdale, AZ, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Laughlin McDonald, Atlanta, GA, AARP Foundation Litigation, Daniel B. Kohrman, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Thomas A. Saenz , Nina Perales , Karolina J. Lyznik , Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., San Antonio, TX, Daniel R. Ortega, Jr. , Ortega Law Firm, Phoenix, AZ, Karl J. Sandstrom , Perkins Coie , Washington, DC, for Jesus M. Gonzalez, Bernie Abeytia, Debbie Lopez, Georgia Morrison Flores, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, Valle Del Sol, Friendly House, Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc., Arizona Hispanic Community Forum, Common Cause, Project Vote.


Justice SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

The National Voter Registration Act requires States to "accept and use" a uniform federal form to register voters for federal elections. The contents of that form (colloquially known as the Federal Form) are prescribed by a federal agency, the Election Assistance Commission. The Federal Form developed by the EAC does not require documentary evidence of citizenship; rather, it requires only that an applicant aver,...

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