Thousands of Arizona voters won’t be removed from rolls, AG concludes

• Arizona voters who never provided proof of citizenship cannot be kicked off registration rolls • A glitch in the Motor Vehicle Division records caused the issue, not the voters’ fault • County recorders can register applicants as “federal only” voters without proof

Tens of thousands of Arizona voters who never provided the legally required documented proof of citizenship cannot be removed from the registration rolls, Attorney General Kris Mayes concluded Monday.

According to Mayes, a glitch in how information was stored and recorded was discovered last year, where the Motor Vehicle Division was telling county recorders that people who wanted to register to vote had to have a state driver’s license that was issued after Oct. 1, 1996. That is when Arizona began requiring proof of cit