This, from Votebeat, is … not great:
The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mailed about 83,000 voters an incorrect letter warning them that they would be moved to the inactive voter list if they didn’t respond, a mistake the Recorder’s Office blamed on a printing error.
The voters, roughly 3% of the total registered voters in Maricopa County, were supposed to receive a different letter entirely, according to Sam Stone, chief of staff in the Recorder’s Office.
The letter’s recipients were incorrectly told that the Recorder’s Office had received notification from the Arizona Department of Transportation that they had obtained a driver’s license in a different state. The voters were also told they would be moved to the inactive voter list if they didn’t respond within 90 days.
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The voters were supposed to be sent a letter telling them that they are among those caught in a state error and will need to provide their proof of citizenship in order to continue to be able to vote a full ballot.
Maricopa is apparently hiring an auditor – with actual experience auditing government processes this time – to review the county’s elections. It sure seems like this experience isn’t set up to replicate the clown show of the 2020 elections “audit,” and that’s a very good thing. And I suspect processes like the printing error are part of what may be within the auditor’s purview.