Arizona election officials privately worried that having nearly 100,000 voters on the wrong voter list would “validate” concerns about the integrity of the state’s elections.
Arizona requires voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship in order to vote in statewide elections. Voters who do not provide such proof are registered as “federal-only” voters, meaning they can only cast a ballot in federal races. Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer recently discovered what Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs described as an “erroneous voter registration record.”
The record was that of a noncitizen who was on the voter roll as a full-ballot voter, according to VoteBeat. While this noncitizen had a green card, all noncitizens are legally prohibited from voting in federal elections. Upon further inquiry, the state claims to have found approximately 97,000 voters who are listed as full-ballot voters despite having never provided the documentary proof of citizenship required to vote in statewide elections.
The Washington Post obtained audio from a 40-minute Sept. 10 phone call between Hobbs, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, and Attorney General Kris Mayes. During the call, Hobbs reportedly warned that the situation was “dire” and “urgent” while Fontes worried they would be “beat” up “no matter what the hell we do.”
“When this goes public, it is going to have all of the conspiracy theorists in the globe — in the world — coming back to re-litigate the past three elections, at least in Arizona,” Hobbs reportedly said. “And it’s going to validate all of
