Number of voters with unconfirmed citizenship documents more than doubles in battleground Arizona
Story by SEJAL GOVINDARAO, Associated Press • 19h
PHOENIX (AP) — The number of voters in the battleground state of Arizona classified as having full access to the ballot without confirmation they are citizens has more than doubled to 218,000, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said.
That number represents 5.3% of all registered voters. While the error won't change who is eligible to vote for president or Congress, that amount of voters could sway tight local and state races, and hotly contested ballot measures on abortion and immigration.
Arizona is unique in that it requires residents to prove citizenship to vote a full ballot — a requirement dating back to 2004. If they don't do that but attest under penalty of perjury to being citizens, they can vote in federal races only. Driver’s licenses issued after 1996 are considered valid documented proof of citizenship, but the system error marked the original batch of voters who had pre-1996 licenses as eligible to vote in state and local races.
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