Arizona registered 218,000 voters without citizenship proof — and now it’s withholding the list, lawsuit claims
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and his office lawsuit over a major voter registration scandal. On behalf of the Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona, America First Legal filed a complaint alleging that Fontes and his firm “registered more than 210,000 people to vote without providing proof of citizenship as required by law. “We have […]
Conservative group sues Arizona secretary of state for voter list, citing citizenship concerns
PHOENIX — America First Legal is suing Arizona's Secretary of State for withholding a list of 216,000 voters due to a coding error. Most are longtime residents who have not proven their citizenship under the 2004 law. The Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona, a client of the conservative litigation group, has been denied public records […]
Arizona court rules on 98K voters in limbo after 20-year-old citizenship coding error
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that complete ballots for federal, state and local elections will be distributed to about 98,000 people after a legal battle over a clerical error pitted the secretary of state's office and the Maricopa County recorder at odds over how to verify voters' proof of citizenship. Secretary of […]
Arizona court allows nearly 98K without citizenship confirmation to vote over decades-old gov’t error
The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously Decided To allow residents who were allowed to vote based on decades-old government errors to vote in the November election despite not verifying their citizenship status. “They have not provided any proof of citizenship.” The court said it wanted to avoid disenfranchising large numbers of voters who had citizenship but […]
98,000 People with Unconfirmed Citizenship Can Vote
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that about 98,000 people who don't have verified citizenship documents can vote in state and local elections. Verdict Inherited The decision was made on Friday, according to the Associated Press, which said the decision was “indicated by authorities Database errors found For 20 years, it falsely provided that voters […]
Arizona Supreme Court rules nearly 100K can receive full ballots without citizenship proof
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that about 100,000 residents can receive ballots without proof of citizenship, quickly resolving a clerical gaffe that had left in doubt whether they would be able to vote in this November's election. Friday Verdict The announcement came days after election officials said they had found that about 98,000 state […]
Arizona Supreme Court rules 98,000 people whose citizenship is unconfirmed can vote in state races
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that about 98,000 people whose U.S. citizenship has not been confirmed will be allowed to vote in upcoming state and local elections. The ruling came after a “coding oversight” in the state's software led the battleground state's Democratic secretary of state, Adrian Fontes, to argue that ballots would be […]
Arizona officials suddenly discover 97,000 registered voters may not have provided proof of citizenship after all
Arizona officials announced this week that about 100,000 registered voters may not be able to vote in November's state and local elections because they may not have provided proof of U.S. citizenship as required by state law. Apparent “flaws” in Arizona's voter registration process were discovered last week, Maricopa County Recorder Steven Richer said. Long […]
Reporter’s Notebook: No proof of citizenship? No vote
No evidence? Don't vote. That is, proof of citizenship. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana held a conference call with Republican House members on Wednesday, just days before the House of Representatives reconvenes for the first time since late July. Johnson advocated for the House to adopt a stopgap spending bill through the first […]
Schumer sounds off on GOP plan to tie citizenship voting requirement to spending bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York appears unwilling to budge on recent demands from conservative Republicans to include a voting measure backed by President Trump in a stopgap spending bill that must be passed later this month. Asked if the bill was impossible for Democrats to pass, Schumer said in a statement to […]