The Verge: The midterms are going to be a data security nightmare

“’The administration has proceeded in the face of that known risk, some might say by design, rather than just out of negligence,’ says John Davisson, deputy director and director of enforcement at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which has sued to block the expansion of SAVE. ‘And it’s resulting in people losing the right to vote.'”

“The risk is not hypothetical. Outlets including NPR and The Texas Tribune have identified US citizens erroneously flagged via SAVE. ‘If people feel that they’re going to be potentially subject to prosecution and investigation, despite the fact that they’re legally entitled to vote, it will tend to drive down registration rates,’ Davisson says. ‘It will tend to create a culture of fear that limits democratic participation.’ It’s also part of a larger pattern of potential intimidation: Trump has floated sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or the National Guard to polling stations to ensure ‘honest elections,’ even though armed federal agents are generally barred from deploying there.”

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