GoKawiilICE moves to build $5 million nationwide voter database contract
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has published documents outlining plans to award a contract worth up to $5 million for building a national database of voter registration and voting history records. The contract, managed by Homeland Security Investigations, would require the winning company to pull publicly available voter files from all 50 states, including data on which federal elections people voted in. ICE says the contractor won't initially be asked to collect party affiliation data, but that could change if a contracting officer directs it in writing.
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Combining voter rolls with immigration enforcement databases raises serious privacy concerns, especially since party affiliation could later be added to the dataset despite current assurances against it. Civil liberties experts warn this kind of centralized voter tracking by an immigration enforcement agency could chill participation in elections and blur lines between law enforcement and political surveillance.
- ICE plans to spend up to $5 million on a national voter database contract.
- The database would compile registration and voting history from all 50 states.
- Party affiliation data could be added later if a contracting officer approves it in writing.
Source: wired.com — David Gilbert, 2026-09-02
Published there as: “ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database”
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