Mayes, Fontes sue Maricopa recorder to restore voting rights of 25 wrongly flagged as noncitizens

Source Scout · Arizona Mirror reports: A database that wrongly flags citizens led GOP Recorder Justin Heap to cancel registrations Justin Heap at an August 2024 rally for Donald Trump in Glendale. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/ Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 ) Arizona’s top election official and attorney general are asking a judge to force Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap to reinstate the voting rights of 25 people who were falsely flagged as noncitizens by a database created by the Trump administration. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, comes the day before the deadline for voters to request an early ballot. Voters have until Oct.

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WilluChill News DeskArizona · Published Friday, October 23, 2026 at 12:34 AM UTCUpdated Friday, October 23, 2026 at 5:32 AM UTC

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