The League of Women Voters of Arizona joined Voting Rights Organizations in a Lawsuit filed against Arizona Secretary of State, Michele Reagan, Monday, Nine Months after notifying Her Office of significant Federal Voting Rights Violations.
The Lawsuit, filed by the League of Women Voters of Arizona, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund, and Promise Arizona, details how Arizona has continued to engage in known Violations of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), a Law the League was instrumental in Passing. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Arizona, Demos, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law are representing the Plaintiff organizations.
“Secretary Reagan is failing to ensure that Arizona voters’ addresses are updated in accordance with federal ‘Motor Voter’ requirements,” said Robyn Prud’homme-Bauer, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of Arizona. “The NVRA requires states to update voters’ registration addresses when there is a driver’s license address change, unless the voter opts out of updating their voter registration address.”
The Groups warned the State in a November 2017 Letter that the Lawsuit could follow, and Secretary Michelle Reagan agreed in a June Memorandum to start Updating the Registration Records. That hasn’t happened, according to the Lawsuit.
“Secretary Reagan apparently has no difficulty using (Arizona Department of Transportation) records to keep people off the voter rolls when they haven’t provided documentary proof of citizenship,” said Stuart Naifeh, Senior Counsel at Demos.
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