Proof of American Citizenship no longer required according to Ninth Circuit. Go Figure.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Arizona’s 2004 requirement that people show proof of citizenship to register to vote. In rendering its 2-1 decision, the court argued that the Arizona law was not consistent with Federal law, namely the National Voter Registration Act. Sandra Day O’Connor, temporarily sitting on the panel, and Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta, with chief judge Alex Kozinski dissenting, made their point that "Prop 200" makes voting within the state a more difficult matter than is required by the national registration act, a law designed reduce “state-imposed obstacles” to voter registration."

The National Voter Registration Act is perhaps better known as the Motor Voter law and passed during Bill Clinton's first term in office, 1993. Arizona plans to appeal this decision. If Arizona takes this appeal to the Supreme Court, there is hope that a decision will be made by that court before the 2012 presidential election. The Arizona law would require proof of citizenship, including the offer of a birth certificate. Think "Barack Hussein Obama."

If the Appeals Court's decision survives its own appeal, the effect of Federal law will be to disallow proof of citizenship for the President of the United States as required by the Constitution !! Incredible. We could actually have some foreign national ingrate run and win election as President with only his word as "proof" of American citizenship.