SCOTUS Declines to Revive Key Parts of Arizona Voting Law

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to revive key provisions of a Republican-backed Arizona voting law that could have prevented thousands of residents from voting in the upcoming November election. The decision leaves in place a lower court's hold on a part of the law that would have required voters to prove their U.S. citizenship before participating in the presidential election.

The law, which had been a subject of significant controversy, included measures that would have imposed strict citizenship verification requirements. Critics argued that. . .