Conservative groups step up push for more citizenship checks on Arizona voters
Conservative groups want a federal judge to force Arizona counties to further investigate the status of voters who have not provided documented proof of citizenship.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court of Arizona claims that counties haven’t been checking the citizenship status of these voters using specific methods required under federal and state law, including two new state laws enacted in 2022.
It’s the latest in a slew of Republican-backed challenges to voters’ citizenship status across the country just before the November election, based on the premise that voting by noncitizens is a pressing problem in the U.S. — even though the practice is illegal and, according to experts, rare.
Former President Donald Trump and some of his allies have claimed without evidence that he lost the popular vote in 2016 because of voting by noncitizens. But any noncitizen who attempts to vote would be risking a felony charge, loss of their residency status, and deportation.
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