by Kenneth Wong at Fox 10 Phoenix
Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap announced on Jan. 21 that he has given the approval to remove hundreds of thousands of people from the county’s voter registration list.
“I promised to make cleaning the voter rolls a Day One priority in this office, and we’re taking swift action to deliver on that promise,” Heap wrote.
Here’s what to know.
How many people were removed from the list?
By the numbers:
Per the statement Heap released, a total of 242,565 people were removed from the county’s voter registration list.
According to the official results from the 2024 election, there were 4,367,593 eligible voters in the state.
In Their Words:
“This is the first of many steps my office will be taking over the coming months and years to ensure that Maricopa County is able to fully restore the trust of the electorate,” Heap wrote, in the statement.