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Lots has happened over the past few days - let’s jump in!

UPDATE: Our Open Letter to DOGE

We were thrilled by the overwhelming response to our open letter to DOGE! In the letter, we urged DOGE to champion the cause of reviewing our nation’s voter rolls. To gauge public opinion, we launched a poll alongside the letter on Truth Social, X, and Facebook—and the results were astounding: 98.8% support! WOW!

Along with this incredible feedback, we also received important questions about how DOGE, as a federal department, could legally participate in a voter roll audit, given that voter rolls are managed at the state level. Many asked whether such an effort would even be constitutional. Let’s discuss …

What is the Federal Government’s Role in Elections, Specifically Voter Rolls?

The federal government has limited but important oversight responsibilities concerning the accuracy of state voter rolls, primarily through the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993. The NVRA is the main federal law governing voter registration and list maintenance. It sets specific requirements for how states must maintain voter rolls. The DOJ can file lawsuits against states that do not follow NVRA requirements, ensuring voter rolls remain accurate and up to date.

Does the federal government directly audit voter rolls? No.

No, the federal government does not directly audit state voter rolls. However, through the DOJ, it can investigate and take legal action if states fail to comply with NVRA requirements. Additionally, organizations and individuals can file lawsuits if they believe states are not properly maintaining their voter rolls.

Are we recommending DOGE and/or the federal government assume control of state voter rolls? No!

We are specifically advocating for DOGE to assist in allowing key federal datasets to be queried to resolve identity, residency, and citizenship in voter registration records - and making all findings public.

Through our IV3 project, we aggregate voter data directly from states. The arduous process of collecting and normalizing state data is done. We are ready to go. We do use other datasets, like the USPS National Change of Address registry and other residency-related refinement tools, and have limited access to a Social Security database that tracks mortality. But the best source for comprehensive data is the federal government. We would only need a limited query for verification purposes, which can be easily achieved.

If DOGE (or the DOJ) attempts to engage directly with the states, they should first reflect on what happened in 2017 to the President’s Advisory Committee on Election Integrity. It didn’t go well. States refused to participate, lawsuits started flying, and after less than a year, the Committee was dissolved.

And remember, states still can’t get the data they need from Dept of Homeland Security to determine a registered voter’s citizenship status. Twenty-one states recently wrote to DHS, requesting expanded access, but their request as written only aims to band-aid a broken process with the archaic S.A.V.E. database. It’s not good enough. As we made clear in The 611 Project, there are specific actions states must take if they’re serious about access. Maybe the states’ letter is just the opening salvo, but … we’re burning daylight.

Time is short. Our voter rolls are inaccurate. And it matters. Take a look at this report True the Vote did after the Georgia general election in 2020.

Are ineligible voters somehow still managing to cast votes? Yes. Is the volume significant enough to swing elections? Absolutely, yes.

Now is the time to bring common sense to bear and clean up the voter rolls.

On to Wisconsin!

There are critical elections and decisions of national significance on the ballot in Wisconsin’s April 1st election.

Specifically, Voter ID will be voted on as a state constitutional amendment, and there is a Supreme Court race in which one of the judicial candidates favors removing voter ID and has promised to strike down the state’s congressional map, costing Republicans two seats and potentially changing the balance of power in the House.

True the Vote has fought for years to help assure parity of party at the polls in Wisconsin so that both Left and Right have a balanced presence. Now is the time to put this to the test. If you live in Wisconsin and can work on Election Day, we are hosting training throughout the month, along with ballot drop box monitoring and support for election integrity defenders across the state. For more information, please email us at [email protected]

ICYMI

Lastly, we’ve just received this 👇 . The official notice by the Georgia State Election Board of its dismissal of its lawsuit against us. Thank you to the Georgia SEB members who voted, unanimously, to drop the case.

This was a wild one. Lots we could discuss here, but the bottom line is we are glad the suit has been dismissed. Now, the question of what we should do to address the three years of lost time and resources we spent fighting a political smear campaign, well, that’s still TBD.

The Week Ahead

We are in the final prep for re-opening of IV3 and building out a new app, Legitrack, that we plan to launch in April. So, on this week’s docket will be lots of dev work; hopefully, hear from DOGE; Wisconsin training and support; and possibly a trip to DC, where I look forward to discussing everything from voter rolls to Konnech. Exciting times. Thank you for shoring us up as we continue to move ahead. We could not do what we do without you.

If you support us with a donation, we will use it immediately! The cost of data and development, not to mention lawfare, is breathtakingly expensive, but we must press on. The work of election integrity is too important.

Thank you for standing with us! We will never quit. Ephesians 6 FTW!

Ever onward -