APNewsBreak: Republicans less likely to be checked [View all]

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Democratic and independent voters were exceedingly more likely to have their right to vote questioned as part of a citizenship status review by Colorado's Republican secretary of state, The Associated Press learned Monday. Democrats and independents received 86 percent of the nearly 4,000 letters from Secretary of State Scott Gessler asking them to either voluntarily withdraw their registration or show proof of citizenship, according to figures his office provided the AP.

The breakdown bolstered skepticism that Gessler had a political motivation in sending the letters. Democrats have long argued that proposals to question voters' citizenship disproportionately affect members of their party and those registered as independents.



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