The midterms are going to be a data security nightmare

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Concerns rise ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections over voter data security risks and potential disenfranchisement caused by the Department of Homeland Security's expanded SAVE Program, originally intended to prevent noncitizen voting. Experts warn that this centralized database may result in errors and voter intimidation.

One messy database is threatening to disenfranchise thousands or even millions of registered voters, while leaving even more at risk of intimidation or data breaches, in the name of solving a problem that barely exists. As the 2026 midterm elections approach, election and privacy experts are sounding alarms about the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program, which President Donald Trump's administration has expanded to ostensibly catch noncitizens voting. Experts say that amounts to a dangerous, error-prone effort to centralize voter data. "The federal government doesn't have the author … Read the full story at The Verge.