Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Washington Post

Democracy in America
Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races

Arizona officials discovered they have no records showing if nearly 100,000 longtime residents provided proof of citizenship, which is required by law to vote in state and local races.

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Patrick Marley
Updated September 17, 2024 at 12:53 p.m. EDT Published September 17, 2024 at 12:21 p.m. EDT

PHOENIX -- A key election official in Arizona's Maricopa County plans to ask the state's highest court as early as Tuesday to prohibit nearly 100,000 longtime residents from voting in state and local races this fall after discovering the state has no record of asking them for documents proving their U.S. citizenship. ... 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 papers or other documents proving citizenship to vote in state and local elections.

At issue is a pool of voters whom county and state officials have no record of having submitted those documents. Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) said the vast majority probably are longtime citizens who are eligible to vote in all races. He said more are registered as Republicans than as Democrats. ... No matter how the court rules on the lawsuit that a Republican county official plans to file, 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 — and the issue will not affect federal races like the presidential contest or Arizona’s hotly contested race for a U.S. Senate seat — 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 former president Donald Trump and his allies. The lawsuit will ask the Arizona Supreme Court to act with lightning speed. County elections officials planned to mail ballots to military and overseas voters on Thursday.

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By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez writes about voting issues in Arizona for The Washington Post. She previously covered politics for the Arizona Republic.follow on X @yvonnewingett

By Patrick Marley
Patrick Marley writes about voting issues in the Upper Midwest for The Washington Post. He previously covered the Wisconsin Capitol for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.follow on X @patrickdmarley

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/17/arizona-noncitizen-voters/

[Lovie777]

1. Since many are Republican.........................

my assumption would be yes. Ya know if the court decides no, shithole will scream fraud!

But when he loses AZ he will still claim fraud and demand a recount.

[not fooled]

2. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

How did it so happen that this matter came to light? I'm guessing aggressive puke review of any and all voters...

Earlier this year I finally got out of AZ after having resided there and voted multiple times. Approximately a month after filing the change of address form with the post office, I received an oddly forceful notice stating that it was illegal to vote in multiple states, etc. Have never received anything like it after moving from CA to AZ (yeah, I know...big mistake). Came from the SoS but I suspect pukes--knowing that AZ could play a key role in the upcoming election--have been going over the voter rolls with a fine-toothed comb seeking to disqualify as many voters as possible, then feeding that information to the SoS which must act. Just my suspicion.

[OrangeJoe]

3. Who are the 100,000 w/o documents?

If I'm reading this correctly it sounds like the people w/o citizenship records are old, mainly white people, who first registered to vote more than 20 years ago. Talk about hoisted on your own petard! I wonder if some of them are Republican legislators or party officials.