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Voter Eligibility Investigation

Summary

Maricopa County checked out 60 voters who were flagged as possible non-citizens and found that a massive 52 of them are actually legal citizens. The whole mess highlights some serious glitches in federal database systems that nearly messed with people's voting rights.

At a glance

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Last 30 days: 1

Impact analysis

💰Financial impact

County taxpayers foot the bill for the extra hours investigators had to spend sorting out federal database glitches.

✅Who benefits

Local voters keep their peace of mind knowing county checks caught the federal system's mistakes before anyone got wrongly kicked off the rolls.

⚠️Who could be affected

The 52 legal citizens who got unfairly flagged and stressed out over their voting status.

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Arizona MirrorSep 28, 2026

Maricopa County investigated 60 suspected noncitizen voters. 52 are citizens, 8 are not.

Most Maricopa County voters flagged as potential noncitizens by an error-prone federal system are citizens after all, according to county detectives. Rachel Mitchell, the county’s top prosecutor, said on Monday her office had completed a monthslong i...

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