Court May Decide if AZ Voters with Missing Citizenship can Vote in State Races

A Key Election Official in Arizona’s Maricopa County, plans to ask the State’s Highest Court, to Prohibit nearly 100,000 longtime Residents from Voting in State and Local Races, after discovering the State has No Record of asking them for Citizenship Documents. Wiothout those Documents the Voter can only Vote on Federal Elections.

Like other States, Arizona requires Voters to Swear that they are Citizens when they Register to Vote. But for 20 years, Arizona Law has gone further and Required Residents to show Birth Certificates, Naturalization P,apers or other Documents proving Citizenship to Vote in State and Local Elections.

At Issue is a group of Voters who County and State Officials have No Record of submitting those Documents. Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) said the vast Majority are likely longtime Citizens who are Eligible to Vote in All Races. No matter how the Court Rules, the Voters can provide the Necessary Documentation before Election Day, and receive a Full Ballot.

While the Group is a Small Fragment of the 4.1 million Registered to Vote in Arizona, they could be decisive in Close Statehouse Races, Elections for Countywide Seats or a Ballot Measure that will decide the extent of Access to Abortion.

The Lawsuit could also Inject a New Element of Chaos into the Presidential Election in a Battleground State just a month and a half before Election Day, because of how it could be rhetorically used by Trump and His Allies. The Lawsuit, to be brought by the Republican County Recorder. who helps run elections, will ask the Arizona Supreme Court to act with lightning speed. Coun ty elections officials planned to mail ballots to military and overseas voters on Thursday….

“I have always told the truth, and we uncovered what is a design system flaw,” saidMaricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (R), who plans to File the Lawsuit. “That means that this pool of people who we thought had documented proof of citizenship on file with the motor vehicle division does not necessarily have documented proof of citizenship on file. So, therefore, we did what we thought was the only morally responsible thing, and we disclosed that.”

It is time to Update the National Voting Rights Act (NVRA) to All Elections, with the definintion of Citizenship Acceptable Documents.










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