{"id":2347828,"date":"2024-09-30T23:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T03:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-arizona-voters-affected-by-citizenship-database-glitch-nearly-doubles-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T23:36:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T03:36:07","slug":"number-of-arizona-voters-affected-by-citizenship-database-glitch-nearly-doubles-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-arizona-voters-affected-by-citizenship-database-glitch-nearly-doubles-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Arizona voters affected by citizenship database glitch nearly doubles &#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\">28<\/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%2Fnumber-of-arizona-voters-affected-by-citizenship-database-glitch-nearly-doubles-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=2347828&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 recent announcement by Arizona \u2062Democratic Secretary of State\u2062 Adrian Fontes revealed that the \u2064number of voters\u2062 affected\u200b by a citizenship database error\u200d has nearly doubled, \u200bnow \u200dtotaling approximately 218,000.\u2062 This error, originating from the\u200d state&#8217;s Motor Vehicles\u2064 Division, resulted in individuals being registered to vote despite not providing the\u200c legally required proof of citizenship as mandated by Arizona\u2019s Proposition 200. \u200bThis issue was \u2063initially brought to light with an earlier group of\u2062 about 100,000 affected voters on September 17. <\/p>\n<p>In response\u2062 to the situation, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer filed\u2062 a\u200c lawsuit advocating to bar these voters from participating in \u200dstate and local elections, although they would still be eligible\u200d for federal elections.\u2062 However, the Arizona \u200dSupreme \u200dCourt ruled in favor of Fontes, allowing the\u2062 affected voters to participate in\u2062 elections, highlighting that \u2063the error was\u200d not the fault of the voters themselves.  <\/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\">Number of Arizona voters affected by citizenship database glitch nearly doubles<\/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_1737040\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona <\/a>election officials determined that another 120,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voters<\/a> across the state were registered as voters despite having never provided proof of citizenship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The announcement from Arizona Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3157739\/arizona-residents-could-be-barred-voting-elections-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> marks the second time<\/a> this month officials have found problems with voter registration rolls.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As with the initial group of Arizonans, certain individuals were mistakenly marked as having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-asks-scotus-to-approve-azs-proof-of-citizenship-mandate\/\" title=\"GOP Asks SCOTUS To Approve AZ&#039;s Proof Of Citizenship Mandate\">provided documentary proof<\/a> of citizenship (DPOC) pursuant to Arizona&rsquo;s Proposition 200 requiring DPOC to vote in state and local elections,&rdquo; Fontes&rsquo;s office <a href=\"https:\/\/azsos.gov\/news\/849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a press release Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 218,000 voters have now been affected by an error made by the state&rsquo;s Motor Vehicles Division database that registered people to vote despite them not having provided legally required valid proof of citizenship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fontes speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Arizona, Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo\/Serkan Gurbuz, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The initial group of roughly 100,000 people was announced on Sept. 17 to have erroneously been registered to vote even though they had not submitted required proof of citizenship documents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer filed a so-called friendly lawsuit in the Arizona Supreme Court&nbsp;after the initial news broke. He argued that the residents should be barred from voting in state and local elections, though it would not prohibit them from participating in federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>Fontes disagreed, saying that the voters should be able to fully participate in the election.&nbsp;The state&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-supreme-court-ends-cash-bail-for-some-who-cannot-pay\/\" title=\"California Supreme Court Ends Cash Bail For Some Who Cannot Pay\">highest court ruled<\/a> in favor of Fontes on Sept. 20, saying that the voters were not at fault for the database error.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are unwilling on these facts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/98000-arizonans-whose-citizenship-had-not-been-confirmed-can-vote-full-ballot-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"98,000 Arizonans whose citizenship had not been confirmed can vote full ballot - Washington Examiner\">disenfranchise voters en masse<\/a> from participating in state contests,&rdquo; Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer stated. <\/p>\n<p>The secretary of state said that though the MVD made a mistake in allowing voters to remain on registration rolls using outdated credentials, he believed they were &ldquo;individuals who have lived in the state for decades and have attested under penalty of perjury that they are U.S. citizens.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reality is these registrants have met the same legal standard as every other American who registers to vote: swearing under penalty of perjury that they are U.S. citizens,&rdquo; Fontes said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But though Richer agreed with Arizona&rsquo;s top election official that &ldquo;all of these people have attested under penalty of law that they are US Citizens,&rdquo; he indicated on Monday that he still wanted the latest group of voters in question to provide the required proof of citizenship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They might all be citizens, but they don&rsquo;t have documented proof of citizenship on file with the MVD as had been understood,&rdquo; 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