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DHS officers raise concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data, whistleblower says

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  1. 15 September
  2. Latest15 Sept, 13:20

    Whistleblower says DHS voter probe might violate state laws, wrongly target US citizens

    Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees were told to pose as voters while searching for noncitizens on state voter rolls, according to a whistleblower report released Monday. Employees were given sensitive information for people flagged as potential “unlawful voters” and instructed to search state voter bases, likely violating state law, according to the whistleblower. The…

    The HillThe Hill•Finya Swai
  3. 14 September
  4. First seen14 Sept, 22:55

    DHS officers raise concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data, whistleblower says

    Officers were instructed to search state voter databases and create federal records on suspected non-citizen voters despite concerns over the process Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lawyers told officers investigating voter fraud they would not be held responsible for violating state laws around accessing voter registration information, an anonymous whistleblower revealed on Monday . DHS officers also had concerns about the reliability of the data they were working with, the whistleblower said. The Trump administration has ramped up its investigation into noncitizen voting ahead of the midterm elections. Noncitizen voting is extremely rare and the effort has only turned up a handful of cases so far. Continue reading...

    The GuardianThe Guardian•Sam Levine in New York