The Arizona Supreme Court will allow 98,000 people who aren’t confirmed citizens of the United States to vote in state and local races, it ruled Friday. Officials had previously discovered a mistake in the state’s voter rolls in which those voters were allowed to vote the full ballot despite having pre-1996 driver’s licenses,

The court's decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades mistakenly designated the voters as having access to the full ballot.

Nearly 100,000 voters will receive regular ballots this fall even though there is no record that they submitted citizenship documentation, as is required to vote in state and local elections.

Officials have pitched the matter to the Arizona Supreme Court and begun to contemplate what next steps might look like for impacted Arizonans.

The court’s decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades mistakenly designated the voters as having access to the full ballot.

While it won't affect voting in federal elections, voters' ability to cast ballots in local and state elections could be affected.