Arizona GOP wants full ballots for 97K voters affected by MVD record 'error'
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Leaders with the Arizona GOP want the more than 97,000 voters impacted by what state officials are calling an “administrative error” to be given a full ballot, with statewide and local races, as the state secretary of state is urging.
Republican legislative leaders, including state Sen. Warren Peterson and state House Speaker Ben Toma, filed a legal brief, also known as an “amicus brief,” asking the Arizona Supreme Court to grant the impacted voters complete access to their ballots in the upcoming November election.
The issue centers around a 2004 Arizona law that requires residents to provide documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) to register as “full-ballot voters,” allowing them to vote in all federal, state and local races. Those who don’t provide proof of citizenship can only register to vote in federal races.
A problem was discovered in how duplicate driver’s licenses are issued, and thus, certain voters who were issued a license before Oct. 1, 1996, may not have citizenship records on file.
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