z25 Arizona Court Allows 98,000 to Vote in State and Local Races Despite Database Glitch

Arizona’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that nearly 100,000 residents whom officials could not verify were U.S. citizens because of an administrative glitch would remain eligible to vote in state and local elections in November.

Their voting status had been thrust into limbo this month when officials in Arizona, a battleground state with about 4.1 million voters, discovered a problem with their data.

The problem appeared to affect voters who were issued driver’s licenses before 1996, eight years before Arizona enacted a law in 2004 that required voters to provide proof of citizenship to be able to participate in state elections.

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