It's stalled in the Senate but mentioned twice in SOTU, if an emergency executive order is signed, I would expect similar language. The capability is already built out and in use through signed MOUs in at least 26 states.
I think it’s fair to say confidence has been shaken for many people. The question is what actually restores it.
Confidence grows from transparency, paper trails, audits, and public verification — not from building a new federal identity layer that routes voter rolls through immigration databases.
If the goal is trust, the focus should be:
• clear audit processes
• consistent statewide standards
• paper ballot verification
• transparent error correction
Redesigning the data infrastructure of voter eligibility is a much bigger structural move than most people realize. That’s what I’m trying to unpack in the piece.
That’s the second nefarious part of the bill. It removes local control and tracks how each person votes.
It's stalled in the Senate but mentioned twice in SOTU, if an emergency executive order is signed, I would expect similar language. The capability is already built out and in use through signed MOUs in at least 26 states.
One can extrapolate a nightmare future in which a government could track ever more granular information about individuals.
Taking this to the ridiculous: Do I want a government that can discern whether I use tampons or sanitary napkins? Or how many? Or…
What do you suggest? Americans have lost confidence in our elections.
I think it’s fair to say confidence has been shaken for many people. The question is what actually restores it.
Confidence grows from transparency, paper trails, audits, and public verification — not from building a new federal identity layer that routes voter rolls through immigration databases.
If the goal is trust, the focus should be:
• clear audit processes
• consistent statewide standards
• paper ballot verification
• transparent error correction
Redesigning the data infrastructure of voter eligibility is a much bigger structural move than most people realize. That’s what I’m trying to unpack in the piece.