Voting on the 'honor system' is madness
Every new client who opens an account at my firm hands over a driver’s license, a passport, or a certified trust document before a single dollar moves. Federal regulators call it Know Your Customer or KYC for short. I call it common sense: verify who someone is before you give them access to something valuable. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will decide whether Arizona can apply that same principle to the ballot box, with a ruling likely by next June, and the case deserves more attention than it’s getting.
TL;DR
- Arizona seeks to require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration on its state-specific form.
- The Supreme Court is reviewing the case *Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota*.
- Federal law already prohibits non-citizens from voting.
- A 2013 Supreme Court ruling prevented Arizona from demanding extra paperwork for federal registration forms.
- The court's previous decision noted Congress's 'paramount' power over federal election mechanics but left open the possibility for states to require proof on their own forms.