"When county clerk Brianna Lennon got an email in November saying a newly expanded federal system had flagged 74 people on the county's voter roll as potential noncitizens, she was taken aback. Lennon, who'd run elections in Boone County, Missouri, for seven years, had heard the tool might not be accurate. The flagged voters' registration paperwork confirmed Lennon's suspicions. The form for the second person on the list bore the initials of a member of her staff, who'd helped the man register"
"The source of the bad data was a Department of Homeland Security tool called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE. Once used mostly to check immigrants' eligibility for public benefits, SAVE has undergone a dramatic expansion over the last year at the behest of President Donald Trump, who has long falsely claimed that millions of noncitizens lurk on state voter rolls, tainting American elections."
A Boone County clerk received notice that a newly expanded federal system had flagged 74 registered voters as potential noncitizens. Local registration paperwork showed many flagged voters were legitimate citizens and included instances where staff helped register individuals at naturalization ceremonies. The Department of Homeland Security tool involved is SAVE, previously used to verify eligibility for public benefits. SAVE was expanded to allow mass verification of voter citizenship, driven by requests from the administration and claims of widespread noncitizen registration. Several Republican secretaries of state have agreed to upload voter rolls, sparking concerns about accuracy, privacy, and election impacts.
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