Voter registration in Arizona has increased by nearly 58,000 since the November general election even though the next full election cycle is nearly two years away.

Voter registration in Arizona has surged by more than 5.5 percent since the August primary election as people motivated by the upcoming presidential election sign up to vote.

The Arizona Democratic Party is suing Secretary of State Michele Reagan for refusing to extend the state's voter registration deadline by a day even though it fell on a state and federal holiday.

Top allies of Donald Trump in Arizona said they don’t believe the 2016 presidential election will be rigged, but defended the GOP nominee over a slew of remarks that have drawn condemnation from Republicans across the country, including some supporters.

Nearly 120,000 new Arizona voters signed up to participate in the November general election in the past three weeks.

The attorney general’s office will not order Secretary of State Michele Reagan to tell counties to give voters an extra day to register to vote despite the deadline this year falling on a holiday.

Following the release of the latest voter registration numbers, Republicans quickly bragged that they have taken back the title of largest voting bloc in the state, which they had lost to independents in 2014. But the new numbers also revealed that Democrats are registering more voters than Republicans.

Republicans now account for the largest bloc of Arizona's 3.4 million registered voters, outnumbering independents for the first time since January 2014.

The number of people registered to vote in Arizona declined by 1 percent during the last three months of 2015.

Republicans and Democrats are going to keep their preferred -- and exclusive -- spots on Arizona voter registration forms.