UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is CNN Breaking News.</s>COSTELLO: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled -- has ruled on a voter I.D. case in Arizona -- the issue of providing proof of citizenship when you register to vote. A hot issue, right? Let's go to Joe Johns he's live with the Supreme Court what's the ruling Joe?</s>JOE JOHNS, CRIME AND JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Carol, the court held that the State of Arizona's evidence of citizenship requirement is pre-empted by federal law. However, if a state has evidence that an individual is not eligible to vote, then the state doesn't have to allow it. This refers to a law passed in 1993 called the National Voter Registration Act in which the United States government required that all states use a consistent form for voter registration. Arizona passed a law saying that citizenship proof would be required in order for people to be allowed to vote. The court essentially held today, no, you have to go ahead with the federal form. However, you have to go through procedures if you want to change it. That's the long and short of it -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: That's a confusing one, I'll say that.</s>JOHNS: Not so, really. I mean when you think of it, all it says is the federal government's law prevails over state law when it comes to the issues of voter registration. That's the bottom line on this.</s>COSTELLO: All right. Joe Johns reporting live from the U.S. Supreme Court. It's up, up and away for Google. Details on how these new balloons could help bring the Internet to remote areas around the world. We'll be back.
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