Registration error affects up to 6,000 Arizona voters

By JONATHAN J. COOPER
Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs says a voter registration error has caused some voters to get a mail ballot with only federal races. A problem with the link between voter registration and driver’s license databases may have caused as many as 6,000 voters to be improperly flagged as lacking proof of citizenship on file. Election officials are sifting through the list to determine how many of the 6,000 were improperly flagged. State Elections Director Kori Lorick says approximately 1,000 of them received a mail ballot without local races but it’s too soon to know how many should have received a full ballot.