Arizona House votes to delay controversial new election law

(KYMA, KECY/ AP News) - The Arizona House has voted to delay the effective date for legislation signed last month requiring voters to provide evidence of their citizenship.

The legislation has already prompted two lawsuits amid fears by voting-rights advocates that it could cancel the registrations of thousands of people.

If approved by the Senate and Governor Doug Ducey, the citizenship requirement would take effect after the 2022 election. As it stands now, that requirement and others in a bill signed March 30 will take effect 90 days after the legislative session ends.

The controversial new law seeks to block those voters from voting for President or by mail. It also requires all voters to provide proof of their address when they register.

The legislature’s own lawyers say much of the new law is unconstitutional.

But still, voting rights advocates worry it is an attempt to get back in front of the now more conservative supreme court.