{"id":2344165,"date":"2024-09-20T22:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T02:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/98000-arizonans-whose-citizenship-had-not-been-confirmed-can-vote-full-ballot-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T10:22:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T14:22:48","slug":"98000-arizonans-whose-citizenship-had-not-been-confirmed-can-vote-full-ballot-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/98000-arizonans-whose-citizenship-had-not-been-confirmed-can-vote-full-ballot-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"98,000 Arizonans whose citizenship had not been confirmed can vote full ballot &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2F98000-arizonans-whose-citizenship-had-not-been-confirmed-can-vote-full-ballot-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=2344165&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>The Arizona\u200c Supreme Court has decided that 98,000 individuals, whose citizenship status has not been confirmed, can participate in state \u2062and local elections by voting \u2064a full ballot. This ruling emerged from an earlier error in the state&#8217;s voter \u2062rolls, where individuals\u200b with pre-1996\u200b driver&#8217;s licenses were mistakenly allowed to vote, despite these licenses not qualifying as\u2063 proof of citizenship. The Democratic Secretary of State, Adrian Fontes, and the Republican Recorder of Maricopa \u200cCounty, Stephen Richer, were unable to agree on how to address\u200d the situation. Richer highlighted concerns about legal compliance,\u200d while Fontes argued that disenfranchising these voters would violate their rights, as they believed\u2062 they \u200dwere eligible to vote. The court ultimately sided with Fontes, stating that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won&#039;t Enforce COVID Curfew\">county officials<\/a> \u200ccannot alter the voter statuses\u2062 that were already established.  <\/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\">98,000 Arizonans whose citizenship had not been confirmed can vote full ballot<\/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_1765936\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a> Supreme Court will allow 98,000 people who aren&rsquo;t confirmed citizens of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United States <\/a>to vote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>state<\/a> and local races, it ruled Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Officials had previously discovered a mistake in the state&rsquo;s voter rolls in which those voters were allowed to vote the full ballot despite having pre-1996 driver&rsquo;s licenses, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t qualify as proof of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona&rsquo;s Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Stephen Richer, the Republican Maricopa County recorder, couldn&rsquo;t come to an agreement about what to do with the voters. Richer cast the issue to the state Supreme Court, advising Fontes ignored Arizona law by telling county officials to let affected voters cast full ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Fontes didn&rsquo;t believe that disenfranchising the voters would cause there to be equal protection and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-says-conservative-ex-president-of-bolivia-beaten-in-prison\/\" title=\"Family Says Conservative Ex-President of Bolivia Beaten in Prison\">due process concerns<\/a> given the voters believed they could vote the full ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the court agreed with Fontes and said the county officials don&rsquo;t have the authority to change the voters&rsquo; statuses and had already registered long ago under the penalty of law that they are citizens. <\/p>\n<p>The court maintained that the voters were not at fault for the database error and noted the little time before the Nov. 5 general election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are unwilling on these facts to disenfranchise voters en masse from participating in state contests,&rdquo; Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer stated in the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona is one of the only states to require proof of citizenship when voting. If a citizen has a post-1996 driver&rsquo;s license, that would count as proof, as well as a tribal ID number, birth certificate, passport, or naturalization documents.<\/p>\n<p>Voters who cannot provide proof can fill out a federal-only form to register to vote and to cast their vote for president or in the state&rsquo;s U.S. Senate race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arizona is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsoms-hail-mary-dems-get-religion-on-signature-verification\/\" title=\"Newsom\u2019s Hail Mary: Dems Get Religion on Signature Verification\">hotly contested swing state<\/a> in the 2024 presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>RealClearPolitics&rsquo;s<\/em> polling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/arizona\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>average<\/a> for the state, Trump leads Harris 48.4% to 46.8%.<\/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_1765936\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1765936\"}});<\/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>The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that 98,000 individuals whose citizenship status has not been verified can participate in state and local elections. This decision comes after officials identified an error in the state&#8217;s voter registration system, which permitted these voters to cast full ballots despite holding pre-1996 driver&#8217;s licenses that do not meet citizenship proof requirements. The Democratic Secretary of State, Adrian Fontes, and Republican Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer were unable to reach a consensus on how to handle the situation. Richer referred the matter to the state Supreme Court, arguing that Fontes had violated Arizona law by instructing county officials to allow these voters to vote fully. Fontes contended that disenfranchising them would raise concerns about equal protection and due process since these voters believed they were eligible to vote. Ultimately, the court sided with Fontes, stating that county officials lacked the authority to alter voter statuses and emphasized that these individuals had registered as citizens under legal obligations long ago. The court acknowledged that the voters were not responsible for the database error and highlighted the limited time remaining before the general election on November 5th. Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer remarked in her ruling, &#8220;We are unwilling on these facts to disenfranchise voters en masse from participating in state contests.&#8221; Arizona is one of a few states requiring proof of citizenship for voting; acceptable forms include post-1996 driver&#8217;s licenses, tribal ID numbers, birth certificates, passports, or naturalization documents. Voters unable to provide proof can complete a federal-only form for registering and voting in presidential or U.S. Senate races within Arizona&#8217;s upcoming elections\u2014an important battleground as former President Donald Trump faces Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024; current polling shows Trump leading Harris by 1.6%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2344166,"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\/AP24212549911271.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41387,7161,40436,4351,32076],"class_list":["post-2344165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arizonans","tag-citizenship","tag-electoral-process","tag-voting","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24212549911271.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344165","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}