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The Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Whatley highlighted that 24 Republican attorneys general have filed a motion to the Supreme Court to stop non-citizens from voting in the 2024 presidential election.
Whatley shared the update during an interview with Fox Business News host Maria Bartiromo on Friday.
“We had a great motion yesterday that was filed by 24 Republican attorneys general from across the country in support of our lawsuit in Arizona to ensure that illegal immigrants are not allowed to vote,” he stated.
“It’s a very important premise that non-citizens are not able to vote in this election cycle, so we were very excited to see 24 Republican attorneys general stand up and file that brief with the Supreme Court to defend our action in Arizona,” Whatley added.
The RNC filed an emergency application for a stay pending appeal in the Supreme Court in the case involving the Supreme Court in Arizona regarding the need to enforce proof of citizenship requirements in the presidential election.
“Requiring proof of citizenship is common sense and fundamental to preserving the integrity of our elections – especially in our country’s most important presidential election,” Whatley said in a statement announcing the application.
“This application in the Supreme Court is pivotal to ensuring that Arizonans’ votes are not cancelled by non-citizens. Non-citizen voting is illegal and we are taking every possible action to ensure American elections are decided solely by Americans,” he continued.
The RNC won a case that defended the law’s citizenship verification provisions in federal court. The court later prevented Arizona from enforcing the documentary proof of the citizenship requirements.
The committee appealed the ruling to the 9th Circuit. It also applied for a stay in the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Arizona to enforce its proof of citizenship requirements.
Arizona GOP Chair Gina Swoboda also spoke out on the matter in a July statement from the RNC.
“Our election outcomes must reflect the voices of American voters. Any vote cast by a non-citizen dilutes those votes and risks silencing those voices. This is a very real problem in Arizona and we are committed to resolving it. The AZGOP and the RNC are engaging at every level to ensure our elections properly reflect the will of Arizona voters,” she wrote.