COLUMBUS, Ohio—A federal appeals court has reinstated an Ohio law requiring residents to prove they’re U.S. citizens when registering to vote at Bureau of Motor Vehicles locations.
The 2-1 decision by a U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel, which lifts a lower-court injunction blocking the new law, comes days before Ohio’s Oct. 5 voter-registration deadline for the Nov. 3 general election.
Last year, Republican state lawmakers added language to the state’s transportation budget requiring Ohioans registering to vote at the BMV to show proof of U.S. citizenship, rather than just simply swearing they are citizens…