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   PHOENIX — State and county officials are investigating an "administrative   
   issue" impacting the voting status and ballots of some people living in   
   Arizona who have not provided documentation of U.S. citizenship.   
      
   The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office says it found about 97,000 registrants   
   impacted by an "administrative error." According to officials, these voters   
   could have had access to a full ballot for decades when they should have been   
   receiving a federal-   
   only ballot.   
      
   Beginning Dec. 8, 2004, Arizona law required registrants who provided   
   documentation to receive full ballots and those who did not provide   
   documentation to receive federal-only ballots. According to the law, a   
   driver’s license issued after Oct. 1, 1996,    
   could be used as proof of citizenship.   
      
   An MVD and "AVID system" administrative issue reportedly involved duplicate   
   licenses and their issuance dates.   
      
   “The AVID system was programmed to query the duplicate issuance date and   
   would not alert the county that the license was originally issued before   
   10/1/1996,” according to the governor’s office.   
      
   "This flaw has existed since 2004. In every county. Across the state,"   
   Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer said on X on Tuesday.   
      
   The issue was discovered and reportedly brought to the governor’s attention   
   on Sept. 7. The governor's office says the corrections have been developed and   
   will be corrected “pending final action by the Secretary of State.”   
      
   The Secretary of State and County Recorder reportedly differ on their   
   positions on how to move forward. Richer says the issue will be going to   
   courts “to get a clear answer.”   
      
   Governor Katie Hobbs released the following statement about the issue on   
   Tuesday:   
      
   “After Recorder Richer brought an erroneous voter registration record to my   
   attention, my team identified and fixed an administrative error that   
   originated in 2004, and affects longtime residents who received a driver’s   
   license before 1996. As soon    
   as I became aware of the problem, I directed MVD to work with the SOS to   
   aggressively develop and implement a solution and, out of an abundance of   
   caution, will be implementing an independent audit to ensure that MVD systems   
   are functioning as necessary    
   to support voter registration. I’m proud of MVD for their hard work   
   implementing a fix to this problem in record time.”   
      
   According to Arizona Clean Elections, “A Federal Only Voter is a voter who   
   registers to vote, but does not provide documentary proof of citizenship or   
   proof of residency, and/or the county recorder is unable to ascertain   
   citizenship status of the voter.   
    Therefore, the federal-only voter may only vote in federal elections   
   (President, U.S. Senator, and U.S. House of Representatives).”   
      
   A Full Ballot voter has “provided documentary proof of citizenship and   
   residency when registering to vote, or the county recorder ascertained proof   
   of citizenship from the voter registration database or the Motor Vehicle   
   Division. A full ballot    
   includes federal elections, state elections and local elections.”   
      
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   Many federal-only voters have been identified as college students, for   
   example, because they do not have immediate access to their birth certificates   
   while attending school.   
      
   While some may not provide documentary proof of citizenship upon voting   
   registration, "voters must still attest under penalty of perjury that they are   
   a United States citizen when they register to vote,” election officials say.   
      
   See more information about the issue from the Secretary of State's Office in   
   the document below:   
      
   https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/86/9b/79a9d12c4304b147ad3d2e   
   19688/azsos-external-one-pager-20240917.pdf   
      
   In Arizona, the voter registration deadline for the upcoming election is Oct.   
   7, 2024.   
      
   https://www.abc15.com/news/political/elections/new-questions-ari   
   e-surrounding-nearly-100-000-arizona-voters-who-may-be-receiving-wrong-ballots   
      
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