{"id":2364276,"date":"2024-11-05T09:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T14:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/azs-database-fiasco-keeps-harassing-voters-election-workers\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T09:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T14:37:34","slug":"azs-database-fiasco-keeps-harassing-voters-election-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/azs-database-fiasco-keeps-harassing-voters-election-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"AZ&#8217;s Database Fiasco Keeps Harassing Voters, Election Workers"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fazs-database-fiasco-keeps-harassing-voters-election-workers%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=2364276&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 significant error in Arizona&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-voting-rights-pac-helped-group-that-pushed-voter-fraud-conspiracy-theories\/\" title=\"Stacey Abrams\u2019 Voting Rights PAC Helped Group That Pushed Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories\">voter registration database<\/a>\u2062 has led to complications for nearly 218,000 registered voters who\u2063 lack\u2064 proof of citizenship, causing confusion ahead\u200c of the upcoming election. Recent\u200c reports indicate that\u200c Pinal \u200dCounty erroneously informed around 900 voters, who are registered without\u2063 documentary proof of citizenship\u2063 (DPOC), that they must provide this documentation by Election Day to have their votes counted. Similarly, approximately 2,000 voters in Maricopa County received incorrect \u2064instructions regarding their registration status.<\/p>\n<p>The issue \u200binitially surfaced in early September, when state officials \u200ddiscovered about 98,000 voters without DPOC due to a problem with data sharing between the Motor \u2063Vehicle Division and the voter\u2063 registration database. Arizona law mandates\u2062 that voters must present \u2064DPOC to participate in state and\u200b local \u200celections, \u2063while those \u200cunable\u2064 to do so are \u200bclassified as\u200d &#8220;federal-only&#8221; voters, eligible only for \u2062federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation escalated, Arizona Secretary of \u2062State Adrian\u2063 Fontes revealed that\u200d an additional 120,000 voters were \u2064found to be lacking DPOC. Despite \u200dthese findings, the \u2063Arizona \u200dSupreme Court ruled that affected voters could still cast full ballots in \u200cthe upcoming elections, postponing the requirement for DPOC verification \u200cuntil \u200bafter\u200c the 2024 elections. The ongoing \u200bconfusion has raised concerns as\u200c officials work to rectify the\u2062 voter registration errors ahead\u2064 of Election Day.  <\/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<div>\n<p>A previously unearthed error within Arizona&rsquo;s voter registration database that categorized 218,000 registered voters who have not provided proof of citizenship as &ldquo;full-ballot&rdquo; voters is still causing major problems for electors and officials leading up to Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/organization\/votebeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">left-wing<\/a> Votebeat Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebeat.org\/arizona\/2024\/11\/02\/pinal-county-voter-registrations-suspended-proof-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that Pinal County incorrectly told almost 900 electors whose <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">registration profiles lack documentary proof<\/a> of citizenship (DPOC) and voted early this cycle that they needed to provide such documentation by 7 p.m. local time on Election Day to have their votes counted. According to the outlet, &ldquo;The county&rsquo;s decision to flag these voters&rsquo; registrations came to light when some of the voters tried to cast an early ballot for Tuesday&rsquo;s election, and shortly after were notified [of such requirements] by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suit-local-election-chief-refuses-to-clean-maricopas-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"Suit: Local Election Chief Refuses To Clean Maricopa&#039;s Voter Rolls\">county recorder&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s office.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 2,000 Maricopa County electors who voted during the state&rsquo;s early voting period were similarly instructed by local election officials to provide such proof ahead of Election Day, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebeat.org\/arizona\/2024\/11\/04\/maricopa-county-voters-incorrectly-moved-nonregistered-status-citizenship-proof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunday report<\/a> by Votebeat Arizona.  <\/p>\n<p>The issue stems back to early September, when Arizona election officials <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/18\/arizona-finds-100000-voters-lacking-citizenship-proof-on-wrong-list-after-catching-noncitizen-on-voter-rolls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discovered<\/a> approximately 98,000 registrants on the voter rolls who lack DPOC. The problem reportedly arose from a complication with how the state&rsquo;s Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) shares information with Arizona&rsquo;s voter registration database.<\/p>\n<p>In Arizona,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/azsos.gov\/elections\/about-elections\/elections-procedures\/vr-procedures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voters<\/a>&nbsp;registering via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-affirms-arizonas-need-to-keep-noncitizens-off-voter-rolls-but-makes-it-harder-to-do-so\/\" title=\"Court upholds Arizona&#039;s voter roll restrictions for noncitizens, but raises barriers\">state registration form<\/a> must show DPOC to vote in state and local races. Individuals who are unable to provide such documentation are registered as &ldquo;federal-only&rdquo; voters and can only cast ballots in federal races.<\/p>\n<p>While alarming, the chaos originating from the state&rsquo;s discovery only got worse in the days that followed. Democrat Secretary of State Adrian Fontes <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/01\/oops-arizona-discovers-an-additional-120k-registered-voters-lacking-proof-of-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;later that month that officials found an additional 120,000 registered voters lacking DPOC, bringing the total number of affected voters to 218,000. <\/p>\n<p>That announcement came after the Arizona Supreme Court already&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/23\/az-supreme-court-affirms-100k-voters-full-ballot-status-after-registration-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sided<\/a>&nbsp;with Fontes and the Arizona GOP in granting affected registrants the ability to vote &ldquo;full ballot&rdquo; this fall and effectively delaying requirements these individuals show DPOC until after the 2024 election. This was done in spite of an amicus brief filed by Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona and a state resident, which asked the court to allow the affected registrants to vote &ldquo;full ballot&rdquo; but order their votes to be set aside until their citizenship status could be verified.<\/p>\n<p>The nearly 3,000 aforementioned voters whose registrations were flagged by Pinal and Maricopa officials are among these 218,000 registrants lacking DPOC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/01\/judge-orders-arizonas-elections-chief-to-release-the-names-of-218k-voters-lacking-citizenship-proof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Judge Orders Arizona&rsquo;s Elections Chief To Release The Names Of 218K Voters Lacking Citizenship Proof<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Votebeat Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebeat.org\/arizona\/2024\/11\/02\/pinal-county-voter-registrations-suspended-proof-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that &ldquo;starting sometime soon after the state discovered the MVD problem, the state reprogrammed its system to flag those 218,000 voters if they tried to make a change to their voter record, to notify the counties that they hadn&rsquo;t yet provided proof of citizenship.&rdquo; Fontes&rsquo; office, the outlet noted, &ldquo;provided guidance in early October to county recorders telling them that, even though the system was flagging these voters, they should continue to allow them to vote a full ballot until after November.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pinal and Maricopa Counties, however, flagged these registrations as needing to provide DPOC, a move seemingly beneficial for the integrity of elections but not permitted under the Arizona Supreme Court&rsquo;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>By flagging these registrations, the counties put the counting of these voters&rsquo; ballots in limbo. In Maricopa, for example, &ldquo;[i]f any of those voters cast an early ballot, it appears that the county initially voided their ballots,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebeat.org\/arizona\/2024\/11\/04\/maricopa-county-voters-incorrectly-moved-nonregistered-status-citizenship-proof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Votebeat Arizona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pinal and Maricopa officials told the outlet the matter has since been resolved and that voters affected by the MVD issue will not have to provide DPOC prior to the Nov. 5 election. While Coconino, Pima, and Yavapai Counties reportedly &ldquo;said they did not incorrectly flag voters in their systems,&rdquo; it&rsquo;s unclear how many other Arizona counties have given similarly incorrect information to affected registrants, according to Votebeat. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona&#8217;s voter database error affects 218,000 voters ahead of Election Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2364277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Arizona.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8049,41158,44378,33078,44379],"class_list":["post-2364276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-accountability","tag-az","tag-database-fiasco","tag-election-workers","tag-voter-harassment"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Arizona.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364276","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2364276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364280,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364276\/revisions\/2364280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2364277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2364276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2364276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2364276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}