The Arizona Legislature, along with 19 other states, submitted an amicus curiae brief at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week supporting Idaho’s voter ID law, which prohibits student ID cards as an acceptable form of identification for voting. A lower court judge appointed by former President Joe Biden, Amanda K. Brailsford, already ruled in favor of the law, stating that the plaintiffs in March for Our Lives Idaho v. McGrane, which included both March For Our Lives Idaho and the Idaho Alliance for Retired Americans, failed to show proof of discrimination against youth voters.
The Idaho State Supreme Court also rejected a state law challenge in a unanimous decision.
“Every state has an absolute right to implement voter ID laws through its Legislature,” State Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Mesa) said in a statement. “Arizona has been at the forefront of this movement to ensure the integrity of our elections’ process through the requirement that citizens must produce voter ID when registering and when appearing to vote. Prevention is better than prosecution.”
Thirty-six states require proof of identification to cast a vote, and 21 require a photo ID. An ID is also required to register to vote in 28 of the 36 states that offer online registration.
Of these 36 states, Wyoming only requires an ID to register by form. Only Nevada and New Mexico require an ID for same-day early voting, and only Nevada and Wyoming require ID for election day registration.
