Arizona's Voter Registration "Error" Exposes Citizenship Loophole

By Maria Angelino | Thursday, 19 September 2024 09:30 AM
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A significant flaw in the Arizona Motor Vehicle Department's (MVD) system, responsible for providing driver's license information to the state's voter registration system for citizenship verification, has led to the approval of 97,000 voter registrations without proper citizenship verification.

This oversight, which has been ongoing for two decades, was only recently discovered.

According to Gateway Pundit, the revelation comes at a critical time, just days before military and overseas ballots are due to be mailed out. Early ballots are scheduled to be dispatched to voters across the state on October 9.

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer announced on Tuesday that his office is taking legal action against the Secretary of State's office. The lawsuit follows the discovery of a loophole in the state's voter registration system that, Richer asserts, has for 20 years permitted individuals who obtained a driver's license before 1996 to vote without verifying their citizenship.

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Richer explained the issue, stating, “If a driver received a license prior to 1996, he did not have a documented proof of citizenship on file. But then, if he got a duplicate license (e.g. in the case of losing a license), the issuance date would be updated in the statewide voter registration’s interface with MVD.” He further revealed that "The number is about 97,000 registrants across the state.” The lawsuit indicates that "there are 53,445 Affected Voters in Maricopa County.”

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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs responded to the issue, stating, “After Recorder Richer brought an erroneous voter registration record to my attention, my team identified and fixed an administrative error that originated in 2004, and affects longtime residents who received a driver’s license before 1996. As soon as I became aware of the problem, I directed MVD to work with the SOS to aggressively develop and implement a solution and, out of an abundance of caution, will be implementing an independent audit to ensure that MVD systems are functioning as necessary to support voter registration. I’m proud of MVD for their hard work implementing a fix to this problem in record time.”

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Upon further investigation, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes disclosed that his office found nearly 98,000 registrants whose citizenship had not been verified, as reported by AZ Capitol Times.

This revelation follows the US Supreme Court's ruling that a voter registration law requiring proof of citizenship on state registration forms for local elections will be implemented ahead of the 2024 election. Voters using the federal voter registration form can still vote in federal elections, a situation that the SAVE Act would have rectified had Democrats not obstructed the legislation in the Senate.

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Richer's lawsuit disputes Secretary of State Fontes' stance that voters should be eligible to vote in all elections on the full ballot and not be restricted to a "Federal Only" ballot without providing proof of citizenship as mandated by law. This story is still unfolding, and further developments are anticipated.

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