Arizona: Longtime voters receive letters asking for proof of their citizenship | Jen Fifield/Votebeat
Arizona counties are starting to send letters to some longtime voters telling them that they must provide documentation proving their citizenship before they vote again, prompting annoyance and confusion across the state. Around 200,000 longtime residents, or roughly 5% of the state’s voter roll, will eventually get such letters because they were caught up in a decades-long state error tracking proof of citizenship. Affected voters will need to provide a birth certificate, passport, or other documents proving their citizenship. If they don’t, they’ll eventually be restricted to voting only in federal elections, or be kicked off the voter rolls entirely. Some of these voters have been registered for decades. That includes 67-year-old Mindy Lively, of Globe in Gila County, who was born in Mesa and said she has voted in state and local elections for more than 40 years. Read Article