Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibility. Critics fear a midterm purge
The Trump administration is implementing a program to verify voter eligibility, which has raised concerns among critics about potential voter purges. Millions of voter registrations have been processed through government databases, with many flagged as potentially ineligible. Advocates argue that the system is prone to errors and could disenfranchise eligible voters before the upcoming elections.
- ▪The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has processed at least 67 million voter registrations through a verification program.
- ▪Critics, including voting rights advocates, warn that the program could mistakenly flag eligible voters as ineligible.
- ▪The verification system, known as SAVE, has been expanded significantly under the Trump administration.
4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 6 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibility. Critics fear a midterm purge - AP News — Google News
- ▪ Trump administration promote program to check voter eligibility; critics fear a midterm purge — The Hindu — Top
- ▪ Trump administration promote program to check voter eligibility. Critics fear a midterm purge — ABC News — US
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Even as Democratic officials fight the effort in court, the Trump administration has run millions of voter registrations through government databases to determine their eligibility in a process that critics worry could end up purging valid voters from the rolls before the November elections. At least 67 million registrations, primarily from Republican-controlled states, have gone through a beefed-up verification program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and tens of thousands of those have been flagged as potential noncitizens or people who have died. Some states allow only a month for people to prove their eligibility and others suspend it immediately.
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