By Brittany Bernstein | National Review
Today’s ruling comes one month after Arizona secretary of state Adrian Fontes, a Democrat elected in 2022, revealed that a computer glitch had allowed the affected individuals to register to vote without providing proof of citizenship.
The Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona, also known as EZAZ.org, sued the state under Arizona’s Public Records Law, arguing that the statute requires Fontes to turn over the list to members of the public who request it. According to a press release from America First Legal, which represented EZAZ.org in the case, the secretary of state “regularly produces voter lists in response to such requests,” but in this case, Fontes refused to release the records.
Fontes had argued that his office didn’t have a full, verifiable list of voters affected by the glitch and said the task would be further complicated because the driver’s license database, which is where the glitch originated, is managed by the state department of transportation’s motor-vehicle division.