A lawsuit filed by the Free Enterprise Club of Arizona alleges that because Arizona does not maintain its voter rolls in accordance with federal law, as many as four states have more voters than registered voters on their rolls. It is said that there is.

The Arizona Free Enterprise Club, along with Arizona Republican Party Chair Gina Swoboda and registered voter Stephen Gaynor, argue that: suit Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has filed a complaint in the Arizona District Court alleging that the state has not complied with Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). The NVRA requires states to maintain lists to remove ineligible voters.

Fontes told the state Legislature that a federally mandated list maintenance program is “in the works,” according to the complaint. The plaintiffs argue that Fontes’ comments show that “the general maintenance program that the NVRA requires of each state does not currently exist in Arizona.”

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The state’s failures have resulted in more registered voters than eligible voters in Apache, La Paz, Navajo and Santa Cruz counties, according to the complaint. The plaintiffs compared the total number of registered voters on each county’s voter rolls to the Civilian Voting Age Population (CVAP) reported by the U.S. Census Bureau, and found that Apache County’s registration rate was 117 percent, while Santa Cruz County’s registration rate was 117 percent. concluded that the enrollment rate was 117 percent. That’s over 111%. Comparing enrollment numbers to the Census Bureau’s five-year American Community Survey from 2017 to 2021, both La Paz and Navajo counties exceeded the 100 percent threshold.

The complaint also alleges that all but one county in the state has “incredibly high registration rates that far exceed national and statewide voter registration rates in recent years.”

The complaint alleges that there are at least 500,000 registered voters in the state who are no longer eligible due to a change of residence or death.

“Comparing deaths and deletions from voter rolls in Arizona, from December 2020 to the end of November 2022, approximately 20,000 to 35,000 registered voters died without being removed from Arizona’s voter rolls. “There were people there,” the suit alleges.

The lawsuit asks a federal court to find that Mr. Fontes violated the NVRA and force him to remove ineligible voters in accordance with the NVRA.

“Election integrity is a serious issue for our country,” Arizona Free Enterprise Club President Scott Musi said in a statement. “Ensuring Arizonans can trust the integrity of our election system and representative government starts with a clean voter rolls that leaves no doubt about who can vote.”

“Unfortunately, most counties in Arizona have voter registration rates well above the national average,” Musi continued. “We hope the court will force Secretary Fontes to comply with his obligations under the NVRA to clean up Arizona’s voter rolls.”

Brianna Lyman is the elections correspondent for The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business, and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2