ELB 6:6: What Do Documentary Proof of Citizenship Laws Accomplish? (Fontes, Olson, Perales)

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of documentary proof of citizenship laws on voting and features insights from key guests involved in the topic.

Do documentary proof of citizenship laws stop a lot of illegal voting or suppress the votes of eligible voters? How have such laws been implemented in the state of Arizona and elsewhere? What are the prospects for passage of the SAVE Act, which would bring such laws to the nation as a whole? On season 6, Episode 6 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, The Cato Institute’s Walter Olson, and Nina Perales of MALDEF.

People in this episode

Guests: Adrian Fontes, Walter Olson, Nina Perales

Topics covered

• documentary proof of citizenship laws
• illegal voting
• voter suppression
• Arizona
• SAVE Act

Keywords

• voting rights
• election laws
• citizenship proof

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Arizona

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