No. of Recommendations: 3
And since somebody's going to attempt to fight me on this one:
U.S. citizenship must be sworn to when registering to vote. In addition, under Arizona’s bifurcated
or dual-track voter registration system, an acceptable form of documentary proof of citizenship
(DPOC) is required to be registered as a “full-ballot” voter. See Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of
Arizona, Inc., 570 U.S. 1 (2013). A “full-ballot” voter is entitled to vote for all federal, state,
county, and local races as well as state and local ballot measures for which the voter qualifies.
Ariz. Atty Gen. Op. I13-011.
An otherwise eligible registrant who does not submit DPOC and whose U.S. citizenship cannot be
verified via AZMVD records or other record in the statewide voter registration database is
registered as a “federal-only” voter. A “federal-only” voter is eligible to vote solely in races for
federal office in Arizona (including the Presidential Preference Election (PPE)).
What this means is that you can be an illegal in Arizona, show up to register to vote, and refuse to provide proof of citizenship.
The helpful Arizona Election Official will say, "Well, thank you for applying. Because you haven't shown any proof of citizenship, I can't let you vote in Arizona elections, but you're good to go otherwise!"
Some here are going to say but it's illeeeegal to vote in federal elections. Sure is. It's also illegal to be in the country illegally, but who cares, amirite?
Arizona is just the 1 state we know about. There are probably others.
