Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach discussed the state’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration requirementin his office in Topeka, Kansas, on February 17, 2015. (Photo by Christopher Smith/ For the Washington Post) (Christopher Smith/For The Washington Post)A U.S. elections agency must remove a proof-of-citizenship requirement from a federal form used by people in Kansas, Alabama and Georgia to register to vote for November’s election, a federal appeals court panel in Washington ordered late Friday, reversing a lower court. Kansas is the only state enforcing the requirement to show documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or naturalization papers instead of accepting signed and sworn affirmation of citizenship. [U.S. appeals court hear challenge to proof-of-citizenship voting requirement]U.S. The court set aside a June 29 order by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon and returned the case to him.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2016 02:49 UTC