No. Though Arizona has approximately 50,000 registered voters who haven’t submitted the documents required to prove citizenship—limiting them to voting in federal elections—these voters have not been shown to be noncitizens. Most are presumed to be U.S. citizens who were unable to provide a birth certificate, passport or similar form of verification upon registration.
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Is the 2030 Census projected to leave historically blue states with fewer congressional seats?
Yes. Current population forecasts indicate that states like New York and California, which tend to elect Democrats, may lose congressional seats following apportionment, a process that redistributes the country’s 435 congressional districts every 10 years.
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Are medical marijuana cardholders in Arizona automatically registered with the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program?
Yes. Arizona law requires that medical marijuana cardholders be identified in the state’s Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program, a central database for tracking prescriptions. Lawmakers established the requirement after voters approved a 2010 ballot proposition legalizing medical marijuana.
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Did Phoenix approve the city’s largest-ever sales tax increase in 2025?
No. While the Phoenix City Council approved a 0.5% increase in Transaction Privilege Tax and Use Tax rates — commonly known as sales tax — on certain business categories in March 2025, Phoenix passed a larger (1%) increase in 1976, according to a city spokesperson.
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Did the Biden administration knowingly admit hundreds of immigrants with ties to ISIS?
No. Though federal officials in 2024 acknowledged that immigrants with possible ties to ISIS had been arrested in the U.S. — and that others had entered the country through an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network — those links were not known at the time of the individuals’ admission. Customs and Border Patrol’s initial vetting of the arrivals did not raise any red flags, according to the Department of Homeland Security.