The Department of Justice is dropping its challenge to a 2022 Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal only elections.
The DOJ under President Donald Trump has been moving away from litigation filed during the Biden administration.
The law at issue requires proof of citizenship to submit a federal only ballot, in addition to the voter checking a box to testify they are a citizen.
A federal judge has already struck down the 2022 law, saying the state overstepped.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed and told the trial judge to see if state lawmakers had intent to discriminate when drafting the bill.
But the U.S. House passed a bill this week that would require citizenship proof and the regular purging of voter rolls.
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