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Politics
Pedro Camacho

DHS Data System Is Wrongly Removing U.S. Citizens From Voter Rolls, Lawsuit Claims

Voters make selections at their voting booths inside an early voting site on October 17, 2024 in Hendersonville, North Carolina. (Credit: Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

A new lawsuit alleges that an expanded Department of Homeland Security data system is causing U.S. citizens to be wrongly removed from voter rolls, raising questions about the accuracy and legality of federal efforts to verify voter eligibility.

The complaint, filed in Washington, D.C. by the League of Women Voters and the Electronic Privacy Information Center against DHS and the Social Security Administration, argues that the expanded Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program has led to eligible voters being purged based on inaccurate data.

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