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Voter Registration False Positives

The issue of false positives in voter registration databases due to poor-quality inputs, simplistic matching rules, and opaque third-party aggregators.

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Feb 5, 2026

How do databases used to detect improper registrations create false positives, and what methods correct for that?

Databases used to detect improper voter registrations generate through poor-quality inputs, simplistic matching rules, stale snapshots, and opaque third-party aggregators; these problems have led rese...