SAVE America and MEGA Acts require voter ID and citizenship proof, while the Abe Firewall bans ranked-choice voting and foreign-language ballots.

In sworn testimony on January 26, 2026, Maricopa County Senior Director of Voter Registration Janine Petty revealed that legal voters who cast provisional ballots in the 2024 General Election—but timely provided required proof of citizenship or residency—were illegally disenfranchised, as their full ballots (including state and local races) were not pulled and counted per Arizona law.

Maricopa County chairwoman clashes with her attorney & the county recorder in ongoing dispute over statutory duties.