PHOENIX, Arizona (PNN) - April 13, 2025 - All 15 counties in Arizona have now started reviewing and cleaning their voter rolls to remove noncitizens, including nearly 50,000 voters who registered without showing proof of U.S. citizenship.
The lawsuit was filed by America First Legal (AFL) on behalf of EZAZ.org and Yvonne Cahill, a naturalized U.S. citizen and registered voter. AFL was founded by President Donald J. Trump advisor Stephen Miller.
It argued that election officials were not following Arizona law, which requires proof of citizenship to vote in state and local elections. Counties must also run monthly checks to confirm the citizenship status of registered voters.
As part of the settlement, Arizona counties must now work with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to verify the citizenship of voters who did not provide documentation when registering.
“This settlement is a great result for all Arizonans,” said James Rogers, senior counsel at AFL in a statement provided to Fox News.
Arizona currently requires proof of citizenship to vote in local or state contests, while counties must regularly check a group known as “federal-only voters”.
There are about 50,000 people who did not give proof of citizenship when they registered to vote. These voters cannot vote in state or local races until their citizenship is verified.
If a voter’s citizenship is confirmed, he or she will be moved to the regular list and can vote in all elections. If he or she is found not to be a citizen, his or her registration will be canceled.
“This will help County Recorders find and remove any aliens on their voter rolls,” said Rogers. “It will also potentially enfranchise federal-only voters whose citizenship is confirmed, which would allow them to vote in state and local elections.”
Conservative campaigner Scott Presler, who helped Republican voter registration efforts during the 2024 election cycle, described it as “monstrous, earth-shaking news.”
Arizona, and particularly its most populous area of Maricopa County, has long been considered ground zero for Democrat election fraud.
The cheating was especially prevalent during the 2020 presidential election and the 2022 governor’s race, when election officials spent days “counting” votes only to eventually declare Democrats as the winners by the closest of margins.