Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap submitted a voter roll list to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office that he claimed contained the names of 60 illegal immigrants who had voted in at least one election.
The office of Rachel Mitchell performed an investigation and concluded that 52 of the 60 people on that list were United States citizens, and the other eight were legal residents that the Department of Motor Vehicles accidentally put on the voter rolls.
Like the recent claims in Nevada, where their Secretary of State’s office found that the 185 names of suspected non-citizens referred to them by Mr. Trump’s Homeland Security office turned out to be…wait for it…United States Citizens. Mitchell’s office has shown that there were no illegal aliens voting in local elections, and the eight that did in Maricopa County, according to Mitchell’s investigation, were not part of some grand conspiracy, as some were registered as Independents, Republicans, and Democrats.
Reacting to the findings from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes released a statement that read:
“This is yet another example of our system and safeguards working. I find it deeply disappointing that others have used this moment to spread the false narrative that our elections are not secure but, thankfully, they have once again failed to provide any proof to substantiate their claims. I respect the work of the County Attorney to put this matter to bed quickly, and I look forward to our election administrators conducting a safe and secure 2026 general election this November.
Despite the clarification provided today, I want to explicitly state that while the SAVE databased can be a necessary tool in proving voter citizenship, misuse of the data can lead to inaccurate results ultimately gutting the right of eligible citizens to vote. My office has directed the counties to once again begin using the SAVE database as outlined by the Supreme Court’s recent decision for ongoing list maintenance and voter roll clean-up , and it is critical to remember that data in the SAVE system must be verified before it is ever used to disqualify a voter.
Ultimately, Arizona voters can remain confident that no massive voter purges will take place prior to the November 3rd general election.”
In the below social media post, Secretary Fontes said:
“As we have seen yet again, the constant drumbeat about massive illegal voters on our voter rolls has no facts behind it. We are still hearing the same nonsense.
Even county attorney Rachel Mitchell’s investigation shows that there is no massive voter fraud. And the recorder, Justin Heap, has just again proven what we’ve been saying over and over again. And yes, we can use the same database, but only to find documented proof of citizenship.
Using it irresponsibly to try to purge voters off a list is why we have all of these false positives, because that data is not great. But remember, your vote is still solid. Make sure that when you get your ballot, you vote it early.
Go to Arizona.Vote for more information. You can trust the people who run our elections, because they’re people just like you. I’m not the one that runs this stuff.
Folks like you do. Retired teachers and veterans, get on out there. Go to Arizona.Vote for more information.
Go to Arizona.Vote for more information.”
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