Voting rights advocate declares 'major victory' as 'voter suppression' suit rejected

In a major legal victory for voting rights advocates in the critical swing state of Arizona, a federal judge on Friday struck down a conservative group’s attempt to require election officials in the state to submit voter names to the federal government to prove their citizenship and immigration status.

U.S. District Judge Krissa Lanham’s ruling late Friday denied a request by Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona to order every county recorder in the border state to perform “voter list...