MOTOR-VOTER LAW DUCKS CHALLENGE.(MAIN)

Byline: Washington Post

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court Monday rejected California Gov. Pete Wilson's constitutional challenge to a federal law that requires states to provide voter registration at motor vehicle offices.

The high court refused to hear an argument advanced by several states that the law infringes states' rights.

The court's action effectively ensures that the motor-voter law, intended to boost overall registration, will be in place through the 1996 elections. Since it went into effect at the start of 1995, an estimated 11 million more people have registered to vote. While the law's sponsors focused their attention on minorities and the …