The U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona has opened an investigation into three left-leaning nonprofits over allegations that they were “registering non-citizens to vote in Arizona,” and has referred the matter to the FBI, according to The Gateway Pundit.
The groups under investigation are Stand Indivisible Arizona and Worker Power, two nonprofits backing Gov. Katie Hobbs and other Democratic candidates, and When We Count, the Democratic National Committee’s national voter registration program. “The United States Attorney’s Office has already referred the matter to the FBI for a thorough federal investigation,” U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine’s office said in a press release.
The probe follows a report by Muckraker that featured volunteers from the three organizations attempting to register undercover journalists posing as noncitizens and felons. The Gateway Pundit reported that Hobbs walked away when she was asked about the groups.
In letters to Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Republican Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, Courchaine wrote that based on written and video reports, people acting on behalf of the groups “either intentionally disregarded or were recklessly ignorant” of Arizona’s law barring noncitizens from registering. He said that, based on a cursory review, the groups and their volunteers or employees may have violated state law by knowingly causing someone to be registered who is not entitled to vote, and asked both offices to review registrations submitted by the three groups.
According to the press release, Courchaine sent those letters on Monday, Oct. 26. His office also reminded the public that voting is limited solely to U.S. citizens, that noncitizens may not vote in Tuesday’s election even if they are in the country legally on a visa or as permanent residents, and that knowingly causing an ineligible person to be registered would violate federal law.
