Yuma (azfamily) – The Yuma County Recorder Office is requesting that some residents provide evidence of citizenship due to a system error that occurred 20 years ago.

Coding errors in the Arizona voter registration database have affected 200,000 voters across the state, including 3,800 in Yuma.

County recorder David Lara said Glitch had obtained his driver’s license before 1996 and affected Arizona residents who registered to vote after the state began requesting evidence of citizenship on the voter registration form in 2004.

This error led to these voters not being asked to prove their citizenship.

“Some people are angry, some people are confused. Once you explain it, they actually understand,” Lara said.

Lara said those affected can email their documents or take them to election offices.

However, birth certificates may no longer be valid for binding the Recorder Office.

That’s because it’s the latest of President Trump. Presidential Order If you ask voters to prove citizenship in federal elections, the birth certificate is not listed as a “documentary proof” for citizenship, but the passport or government that issued the actual ID is fine.

The president’s order is expected to be met with a legal challenge, but Lara said he supports it.

“That’s the confidence of the voters. If they don’t have the confidence that people don’t feel safe and secure, then their votes can be counted, and it’s a legal legal vote, you just want to vote, they don’t vote, and there are people who won’t participate in the future,” Lara said.

Lara hopes that most affected voters will resolve the issue before the next special primary in July.

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