In Florida, dueling voter databases reflect different approaches to election fraud

After Florida left a national database last year that was used to check the accuracy of voter rolls, some are questioning how the state will protect against the possibility of voter fraud this November. One organization sent a letter to the state with a list of thousands of potentially double-registered voters, but other groups are pushing back, saying that list isn’t accurate.

On May 15th, Florida Division of Elections Director Maria Matthews received a list from a man named Dan Heim, who works with a group called EagleAI (pronounced "eagle eye"). The list contained approximately 10,000 names that Heim claims may be registered in more than one state.

Matthews sent the list to local elections supervisors, but cautioned she wasn’t sure how the list was made. Still, the state’s actions are concerning for Brad Ashwell, the Florida director of a group called All Voting is Local.

“This is the first we’re seeing the state promote it," he says, "and this is the first time anywhere in the country we’re seeing a state promoting the use of EagleAI.”