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ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that DHS rushed a revamped tool to check voters’ citizenship into use while it was still adding data.

As a result, the tool has made persistent mistakes, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Vote #Election #DHS #Texas #Missouri #Data #Law #USPolitics

ProPublica

“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.

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.
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Scott Knowles
Scott Knowles
@wsrphoto@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@ProPublica As Trump would say, "It's best voter check program in the world. It doesn't fail and never is wrong. We have 1000% accuracy finding voters who lied on their voter registration. We're going to use it in every state and get rid of illegals who registered to vote. It's going to have my name on it to show it's the best ever."

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T2R
T2R
@T2R@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@ProPublica nothing Texas, the GOP, or any Republican state does is a “mistake”. They are trying to gerrymander the 2026 and 2028 elections.

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Jeff Phillips
Jeff Phillips
@DrJay@mastodon.energy  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@ProPublica Excluding foreign-born voters is not a bug, it's a feature! (Sarcasm alert)

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Olle Gladsø
Olle Gladsø
@Olle_Gladso@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@ProPublica I think the software make mistales by design.

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Mack Reed
Mack Reed
@mackreed@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

This criminal administration is disenfranchising American voters right now in a blatant plan to steal the midterms any way it can.

Call your congresspeople. Voices = pressure.

Democracy is being field-stripped by fascism. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

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EndicottRoad59
EndicottRoad59
@EndicottAuthor@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@ProPublica And that's indicative of the entire administration.

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crazyeddie
crazyeddie
@crazyeddie@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@ProPublica Weaponized incompetence.

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Mack Reed
Mack Reed
@mackreed@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

This criminal administration is disenfranchising American voters right now in a blatant plan to steal the midterms any way it can.

Call your congresspeople. Voices = pressure.

Democracy is being field-stripped by fascism. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

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Chip Butty
Chip Butty
@otfrom@functional.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@ProPublica the mistakes are part of the terror and the terror is the point

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Karel 'Clock' K.
Karel 'Clock' K.
@clock@f.cz  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@ProPublica In Czech Republic voters came with electronic IDs which were officially considered a valid ID for voting, and were IMO arbitrarily, wantonly and frivolously not allowed to vote, citing "overloaded system".

I can imagine a programming of the system like this:

if (voter.political_preference==opposition) {fprintf(stderr,"Error: sorry, system overloaded!\n"); exit -1; }

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202510/czech-parliamentary-elections-hit-by-digital-id-app-failure

https://english.radio.cz/interior-ministry-advising-voters-not-rely-solely-digital-ids-amid-technical-8864656

https://www.smartsuite.in/czech-edoklady-crash-a-beginners-guide-to-digital-id-failures

Do you know what's the difference between Cambodian 3rd world developing country dictatorship and Czech Republic?

In Cambodia I got a dentist in 1 day, in Czechia I had to phone dentists for 2 months before I got one. In case of dermatologist even 4 months.

I feel

e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

towards the Czech regime.

Some tags may be according to my opinion:

#votersuppression #electoralfraud #freedomtovote #disenfranchisement #disenfranchise #id #digitalid #digitalization #digitalitariandigitatorship #digitaldictatorship #czech #czechia #czechrepublic #failure #contempt #crime #sabotage #electionsabotage #electoralsabotage #sabotageofelection #invalidelection #fraudulentelection

Czech eDoklady Crash: A Beginner's Guide to Digital ID Failures

The recent failure of the Czech eDoklady app during parliamentary elections highlights the challenges of digital identity systems. Discover the key issues an...
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Interior Ministry advising voters not to rely solely on digital IDs amid technical glitches

Interior Ministry advising voters not to rely solely on digital IDs amid technical glitches
Biometric Update | Biometrics News, Companies and Explainers

Czech parliamentary elections hit by digital ID app failure

A slew of technical problems prevented users from using the eDoklady electronic ID system for voting during the recent 2025 parliamentary elections.
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Allan
Allan
@crapaud@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@ProPublica
What in the cinnamon-toast crunch is a federal tool doing in the context of voting, a fundamentally state-controlled function.

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