Longtime Arizona voters told to provide proof of citizenship after decadeslong error

Approximately 5% of Arizona voters will need to confirm their proof of citizenship with the state following a decadeslong error. 

Arizona counties have slowly begun sending letters to thousands of longtime voters, instructing them to provide documentation proving their citizenship before they vote again, according to a report from VoteBeat. Around 200,000 longtime residents are set to receive these letters after they were inadvertently caught up in a statewide error that did not track voters’ proof of citizenship.

The letter requests the voters provide a birth certificate, passport, or other documents to prove their citizenship. If voters do not respond with the required documents, they will eventually be restricted to voting only in federal elections or removed from the Arizona voter roll.

Affected people include those

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