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submitted 8 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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.

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[–] Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 65 points 8 months ago (1 child)

This is how political cleansing begins. Once the system is turned on, voting for anything slightly left will cast you as a criminal of the state.

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 32 points 8 months ago

Certainly they won't use years of collected metadata from social networks about political sentiment, right? ...right?

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