Thousands of Arizona Voters in Limbo After State Citizenship Info Error – newsweek
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Nearly 100,000 people in Arizona have been left uncertain about the future of their right to vote after a clerical error was made in the tracking of citizenship data.
Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes announced on Tuesday that 97,000 people would be affected by the error, which occurred due to a clash between proof of citizenship laws and driver’s license information.
The error will not restrict voters from voting the 2024 presidential election, or for federal elections to Congress. It applies solely to state-level elections, such as state senator races or state referendums.
Arizona requires voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in state and local elections since 2005, meaning voters that have not provided the proof are registered as “federal only” voters and are only allowed to vote for president and Congress.
Arizona considers a driver’s license issued since October 1996 to be valid proof of citizenship, however, a clerical error resulted in more than 97,500 voters who obtained licenses before 1996, which is roughly 2.5 percent of all registered voters in the state, as full-ballot voters.
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