US EditionCourt orders Arizona to release list of voters whose citizenship hasn’t been verified
- The Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision requiring the release of a list of tens of thousands of voters classified due to a coding glitch.
- Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ office appealed to reverse this decision but was rejected by the court.
- Judge Scott Blaney noted no credible evidence showed that disclosing the information would lead to misuse or harassment.
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Arizona Official Releases Voter List Sought by Activists After Court Order
Adrian Fontes, Arizona’s secretary of state, said Monday that his office had handed over the names of hundreds of thousands of voters to lawyers for a right-wing activist group as ordered by a court, adding that he regretted having to do so and worried about the potential consequences. “I tried to stop this,” he told reporters in a news conference in Phoenix. “I have fought as hard as I could to keep your names and your personal identifying info…
Fontes releases list of 218K Arizona voters who don’t have proof of citizenship on file
Arizona’s Family reported last week that Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney ordered the release of voters’ names after a request by the conservative-leaning group Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona.
AZ Must Hand Over List of Voters Who Lack Proof of Citizenship, Rules Judge.
A state judge has ruled that Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) must produce a complete list of over 218,000 registered voters who failed to provide proof of citizenship. According to the order issued by a judge at the Superior Court of Arizona for Maricopa County, Fontes must produce the list by Monday, November 4.Fontes is now required to release the voter registration data to America First Legal, the plaintiff in the case.BREAKING N…
Judge Orders Arizona’s Elections Chief To Release The Names Of 218K Voters Lacking Citizenship Proof
Adrian Fontes failed to show that 'production of the records would violate rights of privacy or confidentiality or would be detrimental to the best interests of the state.'
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