“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
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The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
  • Widespread Errors: An expanded federal tool for identifying noncitizens on voter rolls is making persistent mistakes, particularly in assessing citizenship for people born outside the U.S.
  • Banned From Voting: In Missouri, state officials told local clerks to temporarily ban flagged voters from casting ballots, even though hundreds turned out to be citizens.
  • Texas Confusion: As errors emerged in SAVE data, local clerks said the state hadn’t provided them with clear guidance and worried about disenfranchising eligible citizens.
  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    6 days ago

    If you think things are already as bad as they can get, then you lack perspective.

    There’s still a chance of electoral victory. Progressives across the country are having punishing victories. Don’t throw away that momentum by being too trigger-happy. People are waking up, don’t put them back to sleep.

    If the republicans rig or steal the election (which they certainly intend to, but it’s not yet certain how successful they’ll be), then all gloves are off and the third and fifth sentences of the Declaration of Independence kicks in.

    Until that point, the fourth sentence still applies.