Arizona counties begin removing non-citizens from voter rolls after legal settlement
04/19/2025 / By Laura Harris
- All 15 Arizona counties agreed to verify and remove nearly 50,000 voters who failed to provide proof of U.S. citizenship after a lawsuit by America First Legal (AFL). These voters, classified as “federal-only,” can vote in federal but not state/local elections.
- America First Legal (AFL) sued Arizona counties in 2023 for allegedly violating state law by not enforcing citizenship checks. Though the case was dismissed, counties committed to working with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to verify voter eligibility – a win for AFL’s efforts.
- Arizona’s dual registration system (resulting from Prop 200) requires proof of citizenship for state/local elections. AFL argued lax enforcement could allow non-citizens to vote illegally in state races.
- Aside from Arizona, Texas also removed more than one million ineligible voters, including 6,500 non-citizens (1,930 had voting histories). Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and Louisiana also purged thousands of non-citizens and ineligible registrants.
- States like Texas and Arizona frame these actions as safeguards against illegal voting, with officials emphasizing restored trust in election systems.
All 15 counties in Arizona have started verifying and removing non-citizens from their voter registration lists, including nearly 50,000 registrants who failed to provide proof of U.S. citizenship following a settlement with the conservative legal group America First Legal (AFL).
AFL initially filed a lawsuit in August 2023 on behalf of EZAZ.org and Yvonne Cahill, a naturalized citizen and registered voter, accusing counties of violating state law by failing to verify proof of citizenship for voters in state and local elections. The lawsuit also alleged that officials neglected to conduct monthly reviews of voter rolls to remove ineligible non-citizens.
Under Arizona’s dual registration system, voters who cannot provide documented proof of citizenship are designated as “federal-only voters,” allowing them to participate in federal elections but not state or municipal contests. This system emerged after Arizona passed Proposition 200 to enforce stricter citizenship verification, but federal law only mandates proof of citizenship for state-level candidates, not federal ones.
AFL argued that lax enforcement of citizenship checks, particularly for federal-only voters, could enable non-citizens to unlawfully influence state and local elections. The group cited 8 U.S.C. §§ 1373 and 1644, which allow state agencies to work with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to verify citizenship status.
Although the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona dismissed the case on April 9, the outcome was far from a defeat for AFL. Instead, the dismissal came after a negotiated agreement in which all 15 counties pledged to contact DHS to verify the citizenship status of the estimated 50,000 federal-only voters.
In line with this, Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap announced on behalf of Maricopa County, Arizona’s largest county, on April 8 that its recorder’s office had already begun working with DHS to verify voter eligibility.
“I promised the voters of Maricopa County that I would pursue every avenue to clean up our voter rolls, and that’s exactly what we’re doing. Ensuring only citizens can cast a ballot in future elections is essential to restoring trust in Maricopa County elections.”
Texas, Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and Louisiana have also purged non-citizens from voter registrations
Arizona’s removal of non-citizens from voter registrations is not an isolated case.
Texas also removed more than one million voters, including over 6,500 non-citizens, from their voter rolls in the past three years to tighten election security ahead of the 2024 presidential race. The purge, which Gov. Greg Abbott hailed as a safeguard against illegal voting, also removed 457,000 deceased individuals, 6,000 felons and hundreds of thousands of inactive or incorrectly registered voters.
Notably, 1,930 of the 6,500 noncitizens had a voting history, prompting state officials to refer those cases to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for investigation and possible prosecution.
Other states have done the same. In Alabama, Secretary of State Wes Allen removed 3,251 noncitizens from the rolls in August 2024. Ohio’s GOP Secretary of State Frank LaRose eliminated 597 noncitizens, including 138 who had allegedly voted illegally. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has purged 6,303 noncitizens since 2022. Meanwhile, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry recently ordered stricter ID checks to verify voter eligibility. (Related: CLEANING HOUSE: Ohio removes nearly 155,000 names from voter rolls due to inactive or expired registrations.)
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Watch the video below that talks about Michigan’s suspiciously bloated voter rolls, which are said to contain half a million more than the listed eligible voters.
This video is from Justin Barclay’s channel on Brighteon.com.
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