{"id":2342622,"date":"2024-09-17T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T02:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-100000-arizona-residents-could-be-barred-from-voting-after-elections-error-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T22:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T02:02:05","slug":"nearly-100000-arizona-residents-could-be-barred-from-voting-after-elections-error-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-100000-arizona-residents-could-be-barred-from-voting-after-elections-error-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 100,000 Arizona residents could be barred from voting after elections error &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnearly-100000-arizona-residents-could-be-barred-from-voting-after-elections-error-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2342622&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A lawsuit \u200dhas\u2062 been filed in Arizona addressing a \u2063significant issue involving nearly 100,000 residents who might be prevented \u200dfrom voting in upcoming state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-files-lawsuit-to-overturn-fraudulent-election-in-georgia\/\" title=\"TRUMP CAMPAIGN Files Lawsuit to Overturn Fraudulent Election in Georgia\">local elections<\/a>. The Maricopa County Recorder, Stephen Richer, highlighted a technical flaw that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wikipediacan-put-anything-they-want-out-there-to-ruin-my-identity-mike-lindell-on-wikipedias-attempts-to-trash-his-good-name\/\" title=\"\u201cWikipedia\u2026Can Put Anything They Want Out There to Ruin My Identity\u201d \u2013 Mike Lindell on Wikipedia\u2019s Attempts to Trash His Good Name\">allowed individuals<\/a> to register to vote without providing\u2064 the required proof of citizenship, which has been a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warp-speed-advisor-expects-vaccine-to-ship-mid-december-herd-immunity-by-may\/\" title=\"\u2018Warp Speed\u2019 advisor expects vaccine to ship mid-December, \u2018herd immunity\u2019 by May\">legal requirement<\/a> since 2004. This error primarily affects residents who \u2063had obtained driver&#8217;s licenses before October 1996 and were incorrectly considered to have met the citizenship documentation requirement when they later received replacement licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Richer&#8217;s lawsuit aims\u2062 to bar these residents from voting in 2024 state and local elections, although they would still be eligible\u200d to participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-dni-ratcliffe-releases-report-showing-china-interfered-with-the-2020-election-and-cia-management-pressured-analysts-not-to-report-it\/\" title=\"BREAKING: DNI Ratcliffe Releases Report with the 2020 Election and CIA Management Pressured Analysts Not to Report It\">federal elections<\/a>,\u200b which have different documentation requirements. Richer argues that Arizona\u2019s laws have not been satisfied, meaning those affected should be restricted to voting with a &#8220;FED ONLY&#8221; ballot.\u2063 Conversely, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes opposes these changes, claiming that it could create undue burden on \u2063voters and violate their rights, prompting the need for judicial clarification.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nearly 100,000 Arizona residents could be barred from voting after elections error<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1757111\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Roughly 100,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Arizona\">Arizona<\/a> residents who have not submitted citizenship documents could be barred from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Arizona\">voting<\/a> in state and local elections due to a new lawsuit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer filed a lawsuit regarding a &ldquo;flaw&rdquo; in the system that caused specific residents to be registered to vote despite them not having provided valid proof of citizenship, as required by Arizona law. <\/p>\n<p>Any license issued after October 1996 is considered a valid proof of citizenship. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pa-county-reports-voting-machine-issues-affecting-republican-ballots-dominion-releases-statement\/\" title=\"PA County Reports Voting Machine Issues Affecting Republican Ballots; Dominion Releases Statement\u00a0\">error occurred<\/a> because these approximately 97,000 residents received a license before then and later received a replacement one, whereby they were erroneously automatically deemed to have provided proof of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Richer&rsquo;s lawsuit seeks to bar these residents from voting in state and local elections in 2024, but the same doesn&rsquo;t apply to federal elections, which do not require the same proof of documents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This flaw has existed since 2004. In every county. Across the state,&rdquo; he said in a lengthy X post. Richer oversees the public recording of documents in Maricopa County, Arizona&rsquo;s largest.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is my position that these registrants have not satisfied Arizona&rsquo;s documented proof of citizenship law, and therefore can only vote a &lsquo;FED ONLY&rsquo; ballot,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The Secretary argues that it is too close to the election to implement such a change and that it would be unduly burdensome on voters and deprive them of their voting rights. That is why we are going to the courts. To get a clear answer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes took a different view, saying that he was taking steps to ensure that the voters could fully participate in the 2024 election. He also suggested that the voters were mostly Republicans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since 2004, these requirements have tightened significantly,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/arizona-missing-citizenship-documents-voting-lawsuit-rcna171499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> at a press conference. &ldquo;Recently, officials found that some long-term Arizonans, who were registered under less strict rules, had not been asked to meet the new standards due to a coding oversight. To resolve this, the state has taken legal steps to ensure these mostly Republican voters can fully participate in the 2024 election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Richer became a national figure in 2020 and 2022 after publicly feuding with former President Donald Trump and gubernatorial Kari Lake in those respective years over their claims that their elections were rigged. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3106817\/top-maricopa-election-official-who-fought-against-trumps-loses-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"lost\">lost<\/a> his primary in July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1757111\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1757111\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 100,000 residents in Arizona may be prevented from voting due to an elections-related error. This situation arises from a lawsuit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, which highlights a &#8220;flaw&#8221; in the registration system that allowed certain individuals to register without providing valid proof of citizenship, as mandated by Arizona law. According to the law, any license issued after October 1996 is considered acceptable proof of citizenship. The issue stems from approximately 97,000 residents who obtained their licenses before this date and later received replacements; they were mistakenly classified as having provided proof of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Richer&#8217;s lawsuit aims to disqualify these individuals from participating in state and local elections in 2024; however, it does not affect federal elections that do not require such documentation. He noted that this problem has persisted since 2004 across all counties in the state. Richer stated his belief that these registrants have not met Arizona&#8217;s documented proof of citizenship requirements and can only vote using a &#8220;FED ONLY&#8221; ballot.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes argued for measures to ensure voters can fully engage in the upcoming election and indicated that many affected voters are likely Republicans. He mentioned at a press conference that since 2004, requirements have become stricter and acknowledged recent findings where long-term Arizonans registered under less stringent rules had not been prompted to meet new standards due to a coding error. To address this issue, legal actions are being taken so these predominantly Republican voters can participate fully in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Richer gained national attention during the controversies surrounding elections in 2020 and 2022 when he publicly clashed with former President Donald Trump and gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake over allegations of rigged elections; he lost his primary race earlier this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2342623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AZ-State-Capitol-Pic-scaled-1024x680.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4472,41104,32570],"class_list":["post-2342622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-arizona","tag-elections-error","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AZ-State-Capitol-Pic-scaled-1024x680.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}