It was over two hundred voters that started on that list from recorder heat. It was whittled down to sixty. Fifty two of them were found to be citizens. Who heaps said were not here legally. And it ultimately was eight who were legal permanent residents.
SupportedAdrian Fontes, at Arizona Secretary of State General Election Debate
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Why we checked itFontes provides specific numbers about a Maricopa County list of allegedly non-citizen voters — 200+ initially, narrowed to 60, 52 found to be citizens, 8 legal permanent residents — all verifiable against public records.
What we foundAll specific figures in Fontes's claim — 207+ on the initial list, narrowed to 60 who had voted, 52 found to be citizens, and 8 confirmed noncitizens who are in the country legally — are confirmed by multiple independently reporting outlets citing the Maricopa County Attorney's official press conference.