Number of voters affected by MVD citizenship proof 'glitch' grows to 218,000 [View all]

State elections officials have identified another 120,000 Arizona voters who are improperly registered to vote because of a glitch in the state’s driver’s license database, bringing the total number of affected voters to 218,000 — a number that may grow as officials continue to identify more longtime voters who were never required to provide proof of citizenship.

The glitch, which was first discovered two weeks ago, found that about 98,000 Arizonans who had registered to vote in the past 20 years had been inaccurately labeled as having provided proof of citizenship.

The error in the database used by the state’s Motor Vehicles Division affects people with pre-1996 licenses who had received replacements. On Monday, the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office said it had identified another 120,000 voters who have lived in Arizona and been registered to vote for decades, but who were never asked to prove their citizenship because of the “data coding oversight” in the system.

The voters, who have all attested to being United States citizens, are part of the data set which includes 79,000 Republicans, 61,000 Democrats and 76,000 listed as “other party,” according to the Secretary of State.



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