Swing State Sued For Withholding Names Of Over 200,000 Registered Voters Who Did Not Provide Proof Of Citizenship

America First Legal on Thursday announced a lawsuit against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes for refusing to hand over the names of over 200,000 registered voters who have allegedly not provided proof of citizenship.

Fontes is breaking the law by refusing to comply with a records request that demands the names of roughly 218,000 individuals who are registered to vote, but did not provide proof of citizenship, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit comes just weeks before Election Day, with former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris remaining in a dead heat in the state.

“America First Legal continues to lead the fight for election integrity,” Stephen Miller, America First Legal president and former senior advisor in the Trump administration, said in a press release. “We are suing the state of Arizona for refusing to provide the list of 218,000 voters who failed or refused to establish citizenship.”

“It is absolutely imperative that we stop the dire threat of illegal alien voting, which is the gravest form of foreign election interference,” Miller continued.

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer identified in September a glitch in the voter roll system that marked more than 97,000 registered voters as having provided documentary proof of citizenship — which is required under Arizona law — even though these individuals had not done so. Richer filed an Emergency Petition in the Arizona Supreme Court on Sept. 17 in order to prevent these voter registrants from participating in local and state elections.