No. 25-1022October Term 2025Petition Pending
Arizona, et al., Petitioners v. Promise Arizona, et al.
Arizona asks the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that allowed nonprofit groups to challenge Arizona voter-citizenship laws and concluded that the laws were enacted with intentional discrimination.
Case status
- Current stage
- Petition Pending
- Latest event
- Petition pending
- Decision timing
- No decision timeline until the Court agrees to hear the case.
- What it's about
Arizona asks the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that allowed nonprofit groups to challenge Arizona voter-citizenship laws and concluded that the laws were enacted with intentional discrimination. Arizona argues that the groups lacked standing based on possible injuries to unidentified members and that the Ninth Circuit improperly overturned the trial court’s finding of no discriminatory purpose.
Question presented
1. Whether the National Voter Registration Act prohibits a State from implementing a program to remove noncitizens from its voter rolls within 90 days of a federal election? 2. Whether the National Voter Registration Act prohibits a State, or a consent decree prohibits Arizona, from requiring individuals to provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections using the state registration form? 3. Whether the National Voter Registration Act prohibits a State from denying individuals who used the federal registration form, which does not require documentary proof of citizenship, the ability to vote by mail? 4. Whether the court of appeals erred in remanding for further proceedings to determine if Arizona H.B. 2243 was unconstitutionally enacted with discriminatory intent?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / Petition pending
- Area
Elections, Civil Rights
Briefing
What it's about
Arizona asks the Supreme Court to review challenges to 2022 voter-citizenship laws. The case raises whether federal voter-registration law limits Arizona's citizenship-proof, voter-roll, and mail-voting rules, and whether a lower court should further examine claims of discriminatory intent.
Argument
No oral argument is scheduled. Arizona argues that the nonprofit groups lacked standing (a legal right to sue) based on possible harm to unidentified members and that the Ninth Circuit wrongly disturbed the trial court's finding on discriminatory purpose.
Impact
The case could affect Arizonans registering to vote in federal elections, including people using the federal registration form or seeking to vote by mail. It could also determine how quickly Arizona may remove alleged noncitizens from voter rolls before a federal election.
What is at stake in Arizona v. Promise Arizona?
The case concerns Arizona rules on proof of citizenship, voter-roll removals, and mail voting for people who use the federal registration form.
Who could be affected by Arizona's voter-citizenship rules?
Arizona residents registering for federal elections could be affected, especially people using the federal form or seeking to vote by mail.
When will the Supreme Court act in Arizona v. Promise Arizona?
No argument is scheduled and no decision window is set. The next step could be a decision on whether the Court will hear the case.
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- Checked
- Sep 3, 2026
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