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Critics fear a midterm purge as the Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibility
At least 67 million registrations, primarily from Republican-controlled states, have gone through a beefed-up verification program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and tens of thousands of those have been flagged as potential noncitizens or people who have died.
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According to PBS News’s source item, Critics fear a midterm purge as the Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibility, At least 67 million registrations, primarily from Republican-controlled states, have gone through a beefed-up verification program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and tens of thousands of those have been flagged as potential noncitizens or people who have died.
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- Critics fear a midterm purge as the Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibilityPBS News - 2026-05-17T21:18:36+00:00
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