BREAKING: AZ secretary of state must hand over list of over 218,000 voter names who didn’t provide proof of citizenship

The order states that the Fontes must release to the nonprofit that brought forth the case, Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona, "the original list of approximately 98,000 Affected Voters as specifically identified in Richer v Fontes" by Monday, the day before the election. Fontes has also been ordered to release "any other datasets, compilation of information, lists, or communications from MVD containing personally identifying information (PII) about Affected Voters."

In early October, America First Legal filed a suit on behalf of Strong Communities against Fontes over the withholding of the list. Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer identified the flaw in the system in September that allowed people to register without providing proof of citizenship, and he filed an Emergency Petition in the Arizona Supreme Court.

As part of that suit, Fontes "confirmed that he had identified 97,928 registered voters who had been incorrectly marked because of the system flaw as having provided documentary proof of citizenship, even though they had never done so," a press release from America First Legal read.

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that these voters shouldn’t be moved to the federal-only list, but rather be allowed to remain registered to vote in state and local elections. AFL filed a public records request on behalf of Strong Communities to obtain the list, but Fontes declined the request.

On September 30, Fontes announced that an additional 120,000 people who did not provide proof of citizenship had been discovered.

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