The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
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The Trump administration has, for the first time ever, built a searchable national citizenship data system.

The tool, which is being rolled out in phases, is designed to be used by state and local election officials to give them an easier way to ensure only citizens are voting. But it was developed rapidly without a public process, and some of those officials are already worrying about what else it could be used for.

NPR is the first news organization to report the details of the new system.

For decades, voting officials have noted that there was no national citizenship list to compare their state lists to, so to verify citizenship for their voters, they either needed to ask people to provide a birth certificate or a passport — something that could disenfranchise millions — or use a complex patchwork of disparate data sources.

  • FreedomAdvocateEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Of all the things you could’ve said, that’s what you chose to comment on?

    Yes, I chose to comment on that because it shows you’re arguing based on incorrect ideas.

    And less commonly, it’s used in the general sense to make a generic choice

    No it’s not. You thought it was, but it’s not. I’m talking about political elections, you’re talking about voting to choose between options. Electing to choose something over another thing doesn’t mean you held an election lol

    Words have meanings, and you clearly don’t know what the words you’re using mean.