The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that nearly 100,000 residents who may not have fulfilled the state’s proof-of-citizenship requirements can still vote in state and local races this year, quickly resolving how election officials should address a clerical glitch that had left the eligibility of those registered voters in question.

The state Supreme Court ruling came after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades allowed the voters to vote in state and local races.

A decades-old clerical error won't stop about 98,000 registered voters in Arizona from casting ballots in the Nov. 5 general election, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled.

Officials recently discovered that some people with driver’s licenses issued before 1996 might not have proof of citizenship on file, a state requirement since 2004.

Arizona's highest court has ruled that nearly 100,000 residents who have unconfirmed citizenship status are allowed to vote in state and local elections. The ruling on Friday was issued a few days after state officials announced that they had discovered an error in their database that monitors voters' citizenship status.