An oversight in state software in Arizona has brought the citizenship status of approximately 100,000 registered voters into question. This issue has prompted the state's Democratic Secretary of State to assure that ballots will be sent out to those affected individuals despite the discrepancy.
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes emphasized during a news conference that disenfranchising such a large number of voters due to this sudden limitation would be unfair. The error primarily impacts individuals who obtained driver’s licenses before October 1996 and later received duplicates before registering to vote after 2004. Since 2005, Arizona has mandated proof of U.S. citizenship for participation in state and local elections.
