Georgia county to use program linked to election denier to flag ineligible voters

Voters line up to vote in Atlanta on 26 November 2022. Critics say EagleAI is not reliable and could result in eligible voters wrongfully being challenged. Photograph: Alyssa Pointer/Reuters

A Georgia county on Friday agreed to use a controversial program to identify ineligible people on its voter rolls that is connected to one of the most prominent election deniers and a key figure in Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Columbia county, which is just outside Augusta, is believed to be the first place in the US to use the program, which is called EagleAI, the New York Times reported. The software matches voting data with publicly available information like post office and death records to flag people who should no longer be on the rolls.