Approximately 218,000 voters in Arizona have not provided proof of citizenship, the state’s top election official said on Sept. 30.
That’s up from 97,688 disclosed previously.
The new set of about 120,000 voters was identified as officials work to fix what they call a coding error in databases for Arizona voters and drivers. The error led to the statewide voting database accepting driver’s licenses as proof of citizenship even if the license was a duplicate of one issued before 1996, when no proof of citizenship was required to obtain a license.
Among the voters, about 79,000 are Republicans, about 61,000 are Democrats, and the rest are other party supporters, according to the office of Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes….