The Maricopa County Republican Committee is calling on Arizona lawmakers to introduce a bill that would require more accurate names on voter registration cards.

“One or both of your legislators will replace the incorrect terminology in all 15 Arizona county recorders with the so-called “Voter *ID* Card” and what a Voter *Registration* Card actually is. Can you introduce a bill that would require misrepresentation?” Sunday Tweet To read.

The tweet is In response to the roughly 260,000 voters in Maricopa County who recently received new voter registration cards, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer called them ID cards..

“The new ID card will look exactly like a regular card, but will include a note indicating the boundary change.” richer said.

Voter ID is a “long and firmly established principle” in Arizona, according to the Maricopa County Republican Party.

“A voter registration card does not itself serve as an official form of voter ID.” the party tweeted. “It may serve as a partial supplement in conjunction with other documents, but is in no way equivalent to Voter ID.”

According to the Maricopa County Republican. The Arizona Election Procedures Manual refers to the voter registration card as the voter registration card itself, rather than as a “voter ID” or “voter ID card.”” According to Republicans, the terms should not be used interchangeably.

Voters in Arizona are required to present a valid government-issued ID in addition to their voter registration card.

“No matter how long ago 'voter ID cards' started ('It's been around for so long, it's just a word!'), no matter how strong the institutional influence of Maricopa County government is, , We the People hold the ultimate influence, an important principle of election integrity,” said the Maricopa County Republican Party.

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