Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races

[RandySF]

PHOENIX — A key election official in Arizona’s Maricopa County plans to ask the state’s highest court as early as Tuesday to prohibit nearly 100,000 longtime residents from voting in state and local races this fall after discovering the state has no record of asking them for documents proving their U.S. citizenship.

Like other states, Arizona requires voters to swear that they are citizens when they register to vote. But for 20 years, Arizona law has gone further and required residents to show birth certificates, naturalization papers or other documents proving citizenship to vote in state and local elections.

At issue is a pool of voters whom county and state officials have no record of having submitted those documents. Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) said the vast majority probably are longtime citizens who are eligible to vote in all races. He said more are registered as Republicans than as Democrats.

No matter how the court rules on the lawsuit that a Republican county official plans to file, the voters can provide the necessary documentation before Election Day and receive a full ballot.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/17/arizona-noncitizen-voters/

[Attilatheblond]

1. CDC Site for getting VITAL RECORDS state by state index

Please bookmark and share this CDC link for vital records, we MUST help other get the docs needed to vote. GOP is working really hard to suppress voting. If someone you know needs the docs, but is financially unable to pay the (not so big) fee to get the certified copies they need to register/vote, pleas consider helping them with the fees.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/index.htm]

Yes, there are fees involved to get the docs, and yes, it does amount to a poll tax, and a double poll tax for women who took their spouse's surname to show how their birth name morphed into a new surname. It suck royally, but we gotta do this so our vote is counted.

Check YOUR voter registration. Especially if your county recorder is a Republican who might engage in purging people.

https://www.usa.gov/confirm-voter-registration]

Do this especially just prior to cutoff date for registration in your state so you have time to re-register if you got purged.

Registration deadlines by state https://www.vote.org/voter-registration-deadlines/]

Very good link to share for info on 'everything you need to know to vote'. Again, please share.

https://www.vote.org/]