A lengthy legal battle over Arizona’s voter registration laws closed its current chapter as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling, which blocks the state’s 2022 law requiring proof of citizenship to vote. The 9th Circuit ruled 2-1 in a decision released Tuesday, Feb. 25, that the law could discourage voters from casting their ballots. Court upholds ruling against Arizona’s law The appellate court upheld a lower court’s ruling from 2024, which found parts of Arizona’s voter registration laws conflicted with the Civil Rights Act and the National Voting Rights Act. The decision blocks provisions…